This vulnerability (CWE-266) in Directorist Social Login involves incorrect privilege assignment that allows an attacker to escalate privileges. The issue affects all versions prior to 2.1.4. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 reflects its critical nature, with network attack vector, no required privileges or user interaction, and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No official fix or vendor advisory is available yet, and the product is not a cloud service, so remediation depends on vendor patch release.

Successful exploitation can lead to complete privilege escalation, allowing an attacker to gain unauthorized administrative access and fully compromise the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This could result in unauthorized data access, modification, or service disruption.

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should monitor for updates from Directorist and consider restricting access to the affected plugin or disabling it if feasible to reduce exposure.