CVE-2023-4293 json
Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely <= 5.7.4 - Arbitrary User Meta Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
published 2023-08-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-54164
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.0%
- EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'wpdmpp_update_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'profile[role]' parameter during a profile update.
Patch / fix
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82137302-60ca-44d5-b087-dc96e2815fca?source=cve referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpdm-premium-packages/tags/5.7.4/wpdm-premium-packages.php#L1158 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- codename065 Premium Packages – Sell Digital Products Securely
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
- Technology feeds
References
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset/2951917/wpdm-premium-packages#file5
patch
-
wordfence.com
/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82137302-60ca-44d5-b087-dc96e2815fca?source=cve
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/browser/wpdm-premium-packages/tags/5.7.4/wpdm-premium-packages.php#L1158
exploit
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-4293
- NVD CVE-2023-4293
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