HotkeyP through 4.9 r96 allows privilege escalation in the privilege function in Commands.cpp.
https://sourceforge.net/p/hotkeyp/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/source/Commands.cpp
https://sourceforge.net/p/hotkeyp/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/WhatsNew.txt
https://gist.github.com/matt-thibodeau/8bf16bba4c2a13978ed4e5fd08fbe2c2
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2019-11-21
Updated: 2026-06-17
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: Critical
EPSS: 0.00528
