Privilege Escalation
An attack where a user gains higher access privileges than intended, such as a subscriber becoming an administrator.
How it works
An attack where a user gains higher access privileges than intended, such as a subscriber becoming an administrator.
In WordPress
Often caused by missing capability checks in WordPress admin AJAX handlers or REST API endpoints.
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