CVE-2023-3460

high-risk
Published 2023-07-04

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.

Do I need to act?

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92.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 7% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
52393
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Ultimatemember

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plu...
Exploit https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7
Third Party Advisory https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plu...
Exploit https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal