CVE-2017-16562

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Userpro
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 November 2017

Summary

The UserPro plugin before 4.9.17.1 for WordPress, when used on a site with the "admin" username, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via a "true" value for the up_auto_log parameter in the QUERY_STRING to the default URI.

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8950
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https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-so...
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43117/
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EPSS Score

33% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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