Unauthenticated Attackers Can Modify User Membership Status via Cross-Site Request Forgery
CVE-2024-8520

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-8520?

The Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the admin_init or user_action_hook function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify a users membership status via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Affected Version(s)

Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin * <= 2.8.6

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8...
https://github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/blob/7b8...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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