CVE-2023-3460

Ultimate Member <= 2.6.6 - Privilege Escalation via Arbitrary User Meta Updates

criticalIncorrect Privilege Assignment
9.8
CVSS Score
9.8
CVSS Score
critical
Severity
2.6.7
Patched in
208d
Time to patch

Description

The Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.6.6. This is due to the plugin using a predefined list of user meta keys that are banned which can be bypassed via a few method like adding slashes to the user meta key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on a site as an administrator.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.6.6
PublishedJune 29, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginultimate-member

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