Improper Privilege ManagementWeakness · CWE-269

CVE-2024-32960

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-17
Mitigation only
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Booking Ultra Pro allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Booking Ultra Pro: from n/a through 1.1.12.

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 confidence

Booking Ultra Pro plugin for WordPress contains an improper privilege management vulnerability allowing authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what their role should permit. The specific mechanism is not detailed, but such flaws typically involve insufficient validation of user capabilities or role assignments.

MitigationUpdate to a patched version of Booking Ultra Pro when available, or review and restrict the plugin's role and capability assignments to enforce proper privilege boundaries.

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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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 checks

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  1. Confirm Booking Ultra Pro plugin is installed
    Access WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or check for the presence of /wp-content/plugins/booking-ultra-pro/ directory via file system inspection
    Affected if The Booking Ultra Pro plugin appears in the installed plugins list
  2. Identify the installed version of Booking Ultra Pro
    In WordPress admin, find the plugin in Plugins > Installed Plugins and note the version number displayed beneath the plugin name, or read the version from the plugin's main PHP file header
    Affected if The installed version cannot be determined or is older than the patched version
  3. Review user accounts with elevated roles
    Navigate to Users > All Users in WordPress admin and examine the role assigned to each user account, noting any users assigned Administrator or other high-privilege roles unexpectedly
    Affected if Any user account has been assigned a role higher than what they should legitimately possess, or unexpected users have Administrator capabilities
  4. Check for unauthorized capability assignments
    Use a user role editor plugin or query the wp_usermeta table to inspect capabilities assigned to non-administrator users, looking for capabilities like manage_options, edit_users, or delete_users
    Affected if Non-administrator users possess administrative-level capabilities they should not have
  5. Audit recent role or privilege changes
    Review WordPress activity logs, server access logs, or audit trails for events involving user role modifications, capability changes, or privilege escalation actions occurring recently
    Affected if Recent activity shows role or capability modifications that were not performed by a legitimate administrator

A user is affected if Booking Ultra Pro is installed and any user account possesses privileges beyond what their assigned role should permit, or unauthorized role changes have occurred.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update to a patched version of Booking Ultra Pro when available, or review and restrict the plugin's role and capability assignments to enforce proper privilege boundaries.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
20.0 hours of engineering $3,500
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