CVE-2024-10800: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in vanquish WordPress User Extra Fields
The WordPress User Extra Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_fields() function in all versions up to, and including, 16.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to add custom fields that can be updated and then use the check_and_overwrite_wp_or_woocommerce_fields function to update the wp_capabilities field to have administrator privileges.
CVE-2024-10800: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in vanquish WordPress User Extra Fields
Description
The WordPress User Extra Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_fields() function in all versions up to, and including, 16.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to add custom fields that can be updated and then use the check_and_overwrite_wp_or_woocommerce_fields function to update the wp_capabilities field to have administrator privileges.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-11-04T16:26:10.829Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6dfeb7ef31ef0b59268d
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:42 PM
Last updated: 2/26/2026, 7:57:40 AM
Views: 3
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