The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.97. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the update_user_meta function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta which can be leveraged to update their capabilities to gain administrator access.
CVE-2024-37484 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin Zephyr Project Manager. It affects Versions up to 3.3.97 and is fixed in 3.3.99.
CVE-2024-37484 is tracked for the Plugin Zephyr Project Manager as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 3.3.97. Update Zephyr Project Manager to 3.3.99 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
zephyr-project-manager
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-37484 |
| Patched Versions |
3.3.99
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 3.3.97
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.2.42 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.101 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Privilege Escalation
Zephyr Project Manager < 3.2.55 - Missing Authorization to Cross-Site Scripting
Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.100 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via filename Parameter
Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.101 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.2.40 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.102 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.9 - Open Redirect
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