Privilege escalation in Pressaholic WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Importer
CVE-2024-9192
The WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to insufficient validation on user meta that can be updated in the wpvr_rate_request_result() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta on a WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update their capabilities to that of an administrator.
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: 0.006 (45.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-9192?
- CVE-2024-9192 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pressaholic WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Importer, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-11-16.
- How severe is CVE-2024-9192?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.