Access violation vulnerability in BAN Users 1.5.3

The BAN Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to someone gaining access to more privileges than they should have. Versions up to and including 1.5.3 are affected. Someone with only limited permission, like a subscriber, could modify the plugin settings to give themselves the ability to ban and unban users and to choose what role the unbanned user would have.

Detected in:

BAN Users open vulnerable versions: >= * <= 1.5.3

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