{"id":"CVE-2023-3460","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-3460","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T23:11:12.555Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2023-07-04T08:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:14:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["ultimatemember/ultimate member"],"epss":{"score":0.72306,"percentile":0.99437,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-08-03","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52393,"kind":"exploit","title":"Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin 2.6.6 - Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52393","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52393.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/52393.py","published":"2025-08-03","added":"2025-08-03","updated":"2025-08-18","author":"Gurjot Singh","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2023-3460"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3460","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}