An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Meta.…
mitre·CWE-269·Published 2021-01-04
An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Meta. An attacker could supply an array parameter for sensitive metadata, such as the wp_capabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration process, submitted registration details were passed to the update_profile function, and any metadata was accepted, e.g., wp_capabilities[administrator] for Administrator access.
An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via User Meta. An attacker could supply an array parameter for sensitive metadata, such as the wp_capabilities user meta that defines a user's role. During the registration process, submitted registration details were passed to the update_profile function, and any metadata was accepted, e.g., wp_capabilities[administrator] for Administrator access.
Se detectó un problema en el plugin Ultimate Member versiones anteriores a 2.1.12 para WordPress, también se conoce como una Escalada de Privilegios No Autenticada por medio de User Meta. Un atacante podría suministrar un parámetro de matriz para metadatos confidenciales, tal y como el usuario meta de wp_capabilities que define el rol de un usuario. Durante el proceso de registro, los detalles de registro enviados fueron pasados a la función update_profile y cualquier metadato fue aceptado, por ejemplo, wp_capabilities[administrador] para el acceso de administrador.
| Version | Type | Source | Base | Exp | Impact | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | Primary | NVD | 7.5 | 10.0 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 10.0 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N |
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 10.0 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N |
| 3.1 | Primary | NVD | 9.8 | 3.9 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Secondary | NVD | 10.0 | 3.9 | 6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |