CVE-2023-3460 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.92681.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ultimatemember	Ultimate Member

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate_member:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7

History

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-07-04T07:23:28.852Z

Updated: 2024-11-25T16:47:17.644Z

Reserved: 2023-06-29T13:45:40.301Z

Link: CVE-2023-3460

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:55:03.501Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-04T08:15:10.573

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:17:19.017

Link: CVE-2023-3460

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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