WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2015-4038 Modified

Wpmembership: A security weakness

Wpmembership is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.5 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Wpmembership
Plugin slug
wpmembership
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jun 03, 2015
Weakness
CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

This CVE was published Jun 03, 2015 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Wpmembership to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

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.

Source record

Technical description

The WP Membership plugin 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges via an iv_membership_update_user_settings action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Primary and upstream sources