Privilege escalation in Reviewx – Multi-Criteria Reviews For Woocommerce With Google & Schema
CVE-2023-2833
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.175 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.175 · newest: 0.175 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4c-5b16a… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-functions.php (Product)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Product)
- lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalation-vulne… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-2833?
- CVE-2023-2833 is a high-severity vulnerability in Reviewx – Multi-Criteria Reviews For Woocommerce With Google & Schema, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-06-06.
- How severe is CVE-2023-2833?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-2833 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.