What is CVE-2016-10971?

CVE-2016-10971 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Membersonic, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-10971?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10971 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Membersonic

CVE-2016-10971

The MemberSonic Lite plugin before 1.302 for WordPress has incorrect login access control because only knowlewdge of an e-mail address is required.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.019 (77.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Membersonic
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10971?: CVE-2016-10971 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Membersonic, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-10971?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10971 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.