Description
The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'save_users_map_name' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'usernames' parameter.
Published: 2023-08-31
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-44281 The WP Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'save_users_map_name' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'usernames' parameter.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title WP Project Manager <= 2.6.4 - Arbitrary Usermeta Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-269

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Subscriptions

Wedevs Wp Project Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:58:49.941Z

Reserved: 2023-07-12T12:54:44.498Z

Link: CVE-2023-3636

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:01:57.103Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-31T06:15:10.003

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:18:10.603

Link: CVE-2023-3636

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses