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WordPress ARMember Premium Plugin <= 5.5.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

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Critical severity CVSS 3.1 score

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Update the WordPress ARMember plugin to the latest available version (at least 5.6).

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Dave Jong (Patchstack) discovered and reported this Privilege Escalation vulnerability in WordPress ARMember Premium Plugin. This could allow a malicious actor to escalate their low privileged account to something with higher privileges. After this they could take full control of the website if high privileges are gained. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 5.6.

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