VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-3460
The Ultimate Member WordPress plugin before 2.6.7 does not prevent visitors from creating user accounts with arbitrary capabilities, effectively allowing attackers to create administrator accounts at will.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 72.3%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Ultimate Member WordPress plugin before 2.6.7 does not prevent visitors from creating user accounts with arbitrary capabilities, effectively allowing attackers to create administrator accounts at will. This is actively being exploited in the wild.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 72.31% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ultimatemember/ultimate member
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7Exploit, Patch
- https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.