CVE-2023-3460

Ultimate Member < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

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Published Jul 4, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 72.3% KEV · Not listed

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 Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Ultimate Member

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.6.7

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 72.3% (72.306% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Nov 25, 2024 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Ultimatemember Ultimate Member

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

CVE record Updated: Nov 25, 2024, 4:47 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jul 4, 2023, 7:23 AM
Updated: Nov 25, 2024, 4:47 PM
Reserved: Jun 29, 2023, 1:45 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:55 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:55 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:14 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 4, 2023, 8:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:14 AM

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