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.
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
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 3 August 2025
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ultimatemember/ultimate member
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 72.3% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.