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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-2833 · published 6 June 2023

CVE-2023-2833: Wpdeveloper reviewx improper privilege management vulnerability

Wpdeveloper · Reviewx

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.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 17% · top 3.0% CWE-269 · Improper privilege management
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
17%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 6 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-functions.php#L972 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2916148%40reviewx&old=2912114%40reviewx Product
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-reviewx-wordpress-plu ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4c-5b16a4038e8d?source=cve ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lana.codes/lanavdb/a889c3ff-5df0-4d7e-951f-0b0406468efa/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/reviewx/tags/1.6.13/includes/rx-functions.php#L972 Product
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2916148%40reviewx&old=2912114%40reviewx Product
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/wpdeveloper-addresses-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-reviewx-wordpress-plu ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70e1d701-2cff-4793-9e4c-5b16a4038e8d?source=cve ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-2833), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.