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High · 8.8 Public exploit CVE-2023-2833 EUVD-2023-34284GHSA-q58r-654c-jm37

ReviewX <= 1.6.13 - Arbitrary Usermeta Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Published Jun 6, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Vendor: ReviewX Product: ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema Category: Web / CMS

Description

The ReviewX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rx_set_screen_options' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_screen_options[option]' and 'wp_screen_options[value]' parameters during a screen option update.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
reviewx ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema ≤ 1.6.13 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • Alucard0x1/CVE-2023-2833 ★ 1 · Jun 19, 2023

    Mass Exploit Privileges Authentication (Subscriber to Administrator) - Wordpress Plugin ReviewX

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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