High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2023-3636
CVE-2023-3636
Description
The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'save_users_map_name' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'usernames' parameter.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=2.6.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2942291/wedevs-project-managernvdPatch
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a5e4708-db3e-483c-852f-1a487825cf92nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedevs-project-manager/tags/2.6.3/src/User/Controllers/User_Controller.phpnvdProduct
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