WordPress Bricks Builder Theme <= 1.9.6.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

Low priority Mitigation unnecessary
<= 1.9.6.1Vulnerable version(s)
1.9.7Fixed version
WordPress theme
No VDP
26 Feb, 2025

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Risks

CVSS 7.1

7.1

Privilege Escalation

This could allow a malicious actor to escalate their low privileged account to something with higher privileges. After this they could take full control of the website if high privileges are gained.

CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.

Solutions

This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.

Update to version 1.9.7 or later.

Update to version 1.9.7 or later to remove the vulnerability.

Details

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WordPress theme
No VDP

Timeline

Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers

26 Feb, 2025

Published by Patchstack

26 Feb, 2025

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