CVE-2024-43333
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 · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in NotFound Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro: from n/a through 7.6.2.1.
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 confidenceThe ASE Pro WordPress plugin versions up to 7.6.2.1 contain an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what their role should permit, potentially achieving administrative access.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify ASE Pro plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin and go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the file /wp-content/plugins/ase-pro/readme.txt for the version lineAffected if The ASE Pro plugin is present on the site
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Determine installed ASE Pro versionCheck the plugin version displayed in the WordPress plugins list, or run: grep 'Version:' /wp-content/plugins/ase-pro/readme.txtAffected if The version is 7.6.2.1 or lower (any version up to and including 7.6.2.1)
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Review all user accounts with Administrator roleGo to Users > All Users in WordPress admin and examine the list, or query: SELECT user_login, user_email FROM wp_users JOIN wp_usermeta ON wp_users.ID = wp_usermeta.user_id WHERE meta_key = 'wp_capabilities' AND meta_value LIKE '%administrator%'Affected if There are unexpected admin accounts that were not created by existing administrators
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Check for privilege escalation indicatorsAudit user capabilities using a user role editor plugin or: SELECT user_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM wp_usermeta WHERE meta_key IN ('wp_capabilities', 'wp_user_level')Affected if Users with subscriber/contributor/author roles have administrative capabilities or elevated permissions
The site is affected if ASE Pro version 7.6.2.1 or lower is installed AND unexpected administrative accounts exist or lower-privileged users have elevated capabilities.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpdate Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro to a version newer than 7.6.2.1, and audit user accounts for unauthorized privilege escalation after applying the patch.
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro version 7.6.3 or later
- Check the WordPress admin dashboard for available plugin updates for Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro
- Update Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro to the latest available version (7.6.3 or later)
- Verify the update was successful by checking the installed version number
- Test that normal site functionality still works as expected after the update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 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-2024-43333 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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