The WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to insufficient validation on user meta that can be updated in the wpvr_rate_request_result() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta on a WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update their capabilities to that of an administrator.
History

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Pressaholic
Pressaholic wordpress Video Robot
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pressaholic:wordpress_video_robot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pressaholic
Pressaholic wordpress Video Robot
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:30:00 +0000

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Description The WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to insufficient validation on user meta that can be updated in the wpvr_rate_request_result() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta on a WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update their capabilities to that of an administrator.
Title WP Video Robot <= 1.20.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via User Meta Update
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:44:14.140Z

Reserved: 2024-09-25T20:49:18.780Z

Link: CVE-2024-9192

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-18T21:52:51.932Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-11-16T04:15:06.813

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-9192

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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