Vulnerability in Ultimatemember Ultimate_member
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. This is actively being exploited…
EPSS: 0.723 (99.4th 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
- Ultimatemember Ultimate_member
- Unknown Ultimate Member — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Patch, exploit, vdb-entry)
- contact@wpscan.com (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-3460?
- CVE-2023-3460 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ultimatemember Ultimate_member, classified under CWE-269 IMPROPER PRIVILEGE MANAGEMENT. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-07-04.
- How severe is CVE-2023-3460?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-3460 known to be exploited?
- 26 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.