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high 8.8

CVE-2021-24602 json

HM Multiple Roles < 1.3 - Arbitrary Role Change

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-11514

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The HM Multiple Roles WordPress plugin before 1.3 does not have any access control to prevent low privilege users to set themselves as admin via their profile page

Patch / fix

  • hmplugin hm_multiple_roles 1.3

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Exploit prediction

1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • jetpack.com https://jetpack.com/2021/08/05/privilege-escalation-in-hm-multiple-roles-wordpress-plugin/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Unknown HM Multiple Roles

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-669 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
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References

Sources

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