CVE-2015-4038

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Published Jun 3, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 8.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

The WP Membership plugin 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges via an iv_membership_update_user_settings action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Analysis

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Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmembership:wpmembership:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 8.3% (8.253% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132012/WordPress-WP-Membership-1.2.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535652/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74766
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7998

History

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Subscriptions

Wpmembership Wpmembership

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:04 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 3, 2015, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:04 AM
Reserved: May 19, 2015, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:26 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 3, 2015, 8:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:26 AM

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