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CVE-2023-0820

User Role by BestWebSoft < 1.6.7 - Privilege Escalation via CSRF

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2023 at 02:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUser Role

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

The User Role by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin before 1.6.7 does not protect against CSRF in requests to update role capabilities, leading to arbitrary privilege escalation of any role.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

User Role· Bestwebsoftwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 1.6.7
Affected range stops below 1.6.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b93d9f9d-0fd9-49b8-b465-d32b95351912

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352

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