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$493 Bounty Awarded for Arbitrary Options Update Vulnerability Patched in WP Datepicker WordPress Plugin

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On April 14th, 2024, during our Bug Extravaganza, we received a submission for an Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability in WP Datepicker, a WordPress plugin with more than 10,000 active installations. This vulnerability could be used by authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options which can easily be leveraged for privilege escalation.