Spectra Pro <= 1.1.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Description

The Spectra Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to the plugin allowing lower-privileged users to create registration forms and set the default role to administrator This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to create administrator-level accounts.

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e23e7d66-4b57-4feb-bf77-46238bc6ce7c?source=cve
• https://wpspectra.com/whats-new/