Subscriber-to-Administrator escalation via unchecked users-table reset
Published Jan 16, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Privilege escalation in WP Database Reset 3.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain Administrator access through a reset request. The reset handler accepts the users table without an administrator capability check, deletes every other account, and promotes the requesting account. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and successful exploitation leaves the attacker as the site's sole administrator.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in WP Database Reset 3.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to gain Administrator access through a reset request. The reset handler accepts the users table without an administrator capability check, deletes every other account, and promotes the requesting account. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and successful exploitation leaves the attacker as the site's sole administrator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-7047
- Published
- Jan 16, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 16, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Wordfence privilege-escalation demonstration videoproof of concept · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- Wordfence blocked-attack telemetryreported exploitation
Technologies
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