CVE-2023-4293: The Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'wpdmpp_

high Affects wpdm-premium-packages (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2023-08-12; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Premium Packages - Sell Digital Products Securely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.7.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'wpdmpp_

Package: wpdm-premium-packages (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <=5.7.5
Fixed in: no fix recorded
Severity: high CVSS 8.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (62.3th percentile)
Published: 2023-08-12
Source: nvd

References

CWE-269

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