WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership: A security weakness
WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated subscriber account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership
- Plugin slug
wp-user-manager- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 23, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Nov 23, 2024 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'add_sidebar' and 'remove_sidebar' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add or remove a Carbon Fields custom sidebar if the Carbon Fields (carbon-fields) plugin is installed.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N