WordPress Login as User or Customer (User Switching) Plugin <= 3.8 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

Low priority No impactful threat
<= 3.8Vulnerable version(s)
No official fix availableFixed version

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Risks

CVSS 9.8

9.8

Privilege Escalation

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.

CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.

Solutions

This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.

Details

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Timeline

27 Dec, 2023

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