User Role by BestWebSoft < 1.6.7 - Privilege Escalation via CSRF
Priority HIGH 73CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00411 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed User Role by BestWebSoft (Unknown): 1.6.7
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | User Role by BestWebSoft | before 1.6.7 | 1.6.7 | Patch available | CNA |
- User Role by BestWebSoft VendorUnknown Affected before 1.6.7 Fixed in 1.6.7 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:user_role:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.6.7 | Vulnerable | BestWebSoft |
- cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:user_role:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.6.7 Vulnerable ·BestWebSoft
Remediation
- Fix · CNA User Role by BestWebSoft (Unknown) Fixed in 1.6.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0820
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rfc7-p29x-qh35
References
More BestWebSoft User Role vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-13739 The user-role plugin before 1.5.6 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2017-01471 Cross-site scripting in BestWebSoft Captcha CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-0820 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-0820 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rfc7-p29x-qh35 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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