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GHSA-VXXJ-PW9G-5WXW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-22 18:30 – Updated: 2023-11-22 18:30

Details

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.1.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'userpro_update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-6009 (GCVE-0-2023-6009)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-22 15:33 – Updated: 2025-06-10 13:29

Summary

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

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	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles…
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175871/WordP…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin	Affected: * , ≤ 5.1.4 (semver)

Credits

István Márton

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-VXXJ-PW9G-5WXW

CVE-2023-6009 (GCVE-0-2023-6009)

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