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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-16562

The UserPro plugin before 4.9.17.1 for WordPress, when used on a site with the "admin" username, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via a "true" value for the up_auto_log parameter in the QUERY_STRING to…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 27.4%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The UserPro plugin before 4.9.17.1 for WordPress, when used on a site with the "admin" username, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via a "true" value for the up_auto_log parameter in the QUERY_STRING to the default URI.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
27.37% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
userproplugin/userpro
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.