CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16562
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The UserPro plugin before 4.9.17.1 for WordPress, when used on a site with the "admin" username, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via a "true" value for the up_auto_log parameter in the QUERY_STRING to the default URI.
Affected configurations
• userproplugin userpro (< 4.9.17.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-social-login/5958681?s_rank=9 Issue Tracking
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8950 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43117/ Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-social-login/5958681?s_rank=9 Issue Tracking
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8950 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43117/ Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry