CVE-2023-3460 (GCVE-0-2023-3460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-04 07:23 – Updated: 2024-11-25 16:47
VLAI KEVIntel
Title
Ultimate Member < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Ultimate Member Affected: 0 , < 2.6.7 (custom)
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Credits
Unknown Marc Montpas WPScan
KEVIntel
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 8fba46da-fe46-4e16-bdaa-5f1e103d075f

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2023-3460

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2023-07-04 07:23 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2023-07-04
Asserted: 2023-07-04
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Ultimate Member < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation | Affected: Unknown / Ultimate Member | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: kevintel

Details
Feed KEVIntel (kevintel.com)
Title Ultimate Member < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Vendor Unknown
Product Ultimate Member
Added Date 2023-07-04T07:23:28.852Z
Cvss Score 9.8
Epss Score None
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Epss Percentile None
Used In Malware unknown
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-06-19 12:46 UTC | Updated: 2026-06-19 12:46 UTC
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