CVE-2023-51424
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Privilege Management vulnerability in Saleswonder Team WebinarIgnition allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WebinarIgnition: from n/a through 3.05.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceImproper Privilege Management vulnerability in the WebinarIgnition WordPress plugin enables unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing lower-privileged users to gain elevated access beyond their assigned permissions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm WebinarIgnition plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and locate WebinarIgnition in the list of installed pluginsAffected if Plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify installed WebinarIgnition versionIn Plugins list, click on WebinarIgnition to view the version number displayed in the plugin detailsAffected if Version is any release prior to the patched version (compare against vendor release notes)
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Review user role assignments in the databaseAccess WordPress database via phpMyAdmin or CLI; query wp_usermeta table for meta_key='wp_capabilities' and examine if any users assigned 'administrator' role do not match expected admin accountsAffected if Non-admin users possess administrator-level capabilities
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Check for unauthorized user role modificationsReview WordPress activity logs or audit logs for role-related changes; look for events where user ID or role was modified by a lower-privileged user accountAffected if Role change events were triggered by users lacking administrator privileges
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Inspect plugin capability checksExamine WebinarIgnition source code files (typically in /wp-content/plugins/webinarignition/) for functions handling user_permissions or role-based access control; verify if current_user_can() checks are missing or flawed before privilege-sensitive operationsAffected if Plugin code lacks proper capability verification before performing elevated actions
User is affected if WebinarIgnition plugin is installed and permits lower-privileged users to acquire administrator or elevated role capabilities through the plugin's workflows.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to patched version when available; audit and enforce proper role-based access control (RBAC) checks throughout the plugin's user permission workflows.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-51424 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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