CVE-2022-2273
Simple Membership <= 4.1.2 - Membership Privilege Escalation
highImproper Privilege Management
8.8
CVSS Score
8.8
CVSS Score
high
Severity
4.1.3
Patched in
566d
Time to patch
Description
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to membership related privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This is due to insufficient validation on the membership membership_level supplied which makes it possible for authenticated users to supplied arbitrary membership levels and be granted to permissions.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=4.1.2PublishedJuly 6, 2022
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginsimple-membership
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