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CVE-2024-9192: WP Video Robot <= 1.20.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via User Meta Update

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to insufficient validation on user meta that can be updated in the wpvr_rate_request_result() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta on a WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update their capabilities to that of an administrator.

Affected products

• pressaholic WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer: through 1.20.0

References

• https://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-video-robot-plugin/8619739
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2da019d3-4aca-485a-aa0c-73728dc1e7c1?source=cve

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