CVE-2023-3636: 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 ma

high Affects wedevs-project-manager (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2023-08-31; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

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 ma

Package: wedevs-project-manager (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.6.5
Fixed in: 2.6.5
Severity: high CVSS 8.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (58.3th percentile)
Published: 2023-08-31
Source: nvd

References

CWE-269

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