The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting user's ability to utilize the “View Admin as Role” feature. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to recover access to a previous role, such as administrator, granted they had previously held a higher role. CVE-2025-24648 is a duplicate assignment of the same vulnerability.
CVE-2024-43333 is a high severity with CVSS 7.5 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE). It affects Versions up to 7.6.2.1 and is fixed in 7.6.3.
CVE-2024-43333 is tracked for the Plugin Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) as high severity with CVSS 7.5. The affected range is Versions up to 7.6.2.1. Update Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) to 7.6.3 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
admin-site-enhancements
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-43333 |
| Patched Versions |
7.6.3
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 7.6.2.1
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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.
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 5.7.1 - Password Protection Mode Security Feature Bypass
Admin and Site Enhancements <= 7.9.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 7.5.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 7.6.9 - Password Protection Bypass
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 7.6.9 - IP Spoofing to Limit Login Attempt Bypass
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 8.4.0 - Missing Authorization
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 8.0.8 - Missing Authorization
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 7.6.2 - Missing Authorization
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