set-screen-option filter misuse by plugins leading to privilege escalation in WordPress
8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 3.5epss 1.4%
exploitation probability
1.4%top 29% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In affected versions of WordPress, misuse of the `set-screen-option` filter's return value allows arbitrary user meta fields to be saved. It does require an admin to install a plugin that would misuse the filter. Once installed, it can be leveraged by low privileged users. This has been patched in version 5.4.2, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.4, 5.2.7, 5.1.6, 5.0.10, 4.9.15, 4.8.14, 4.7.18, 4.6.19, 4.5.22, 4.4.23, 4.3.24, 4.2.28, 4.1.31, 4.0.31, 3.9.32, 3.8.34, 3.7.34).
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products
WordPress · wordpress-developReferences
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/b8dea76b495f0072523106c6ec46b9ea0d2a0920https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-4vpv-fgg2-gcqchttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00000.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00011.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/773N2ZV7QEMBGKH6FBKI6Q5S3YJMW357/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ODNHXVJS25YVWYQHOCICXTLIN5UYJFDN/https://wordpress.org/news/2020/06/wordpress-5-4-2-security-and-maintenance-release/https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4709