Description
The ReviewX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rx_set_screen_options' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_screen_options[option]' and 'wp_screen_options[value]' parameters during a screen option update.
Exploits (1)
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/
Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-functions.php#L972
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-reviewx-wordpress-plugin/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4c-5b16a4038e8d?source=cve
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.2679
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (2)
reviewx/ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema
< 1.6.13
wpdeveloper/reviewx
< 1.6.13
Published
Jun 06, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026