CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-3460
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-07-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• ultimatemember ultimate member (< 2.6.7)
References
- https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/ Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7 Exploit, Patch
- https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/ Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7 Exploit, Patch