The Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions 2.2.87 to 2.2.90. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what user meta values can be updated and ensuring a form is active. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta to become an administrator.
CVE-2024-8253 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin Post Grid. It affects 2.2.87 through 2.2.90 and is fixed in 2.2.91.
CVE-2024-8253 is tracked for the Plugin Post Grid as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is 2.2.87 through 2.2.90. Update Post Grid to 2.2.91 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
post-grid
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-8253 |
| Patched Versions |
2.2.91
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| Affected Versions |
2.2.87 through 2.2.90
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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.
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks 2.2.85 - 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.3.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection
Post Grid <= 2.1.12 - Contributor+ SQL Injection
Post Grid Combo – 36+ Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.2.68 - Information Exposure via get_posts API Endpoint
Post Grid <= 2.2.50 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.3.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.2.92 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks <= 2.2.93 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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