PT-2015-6395 · WordPress · Wp Membership

Published 2015-06-03 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-4038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Membership plugin version 1.2.3

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges. This can be achieved via an iv membership update user settings action to the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For WP Membership plugin version 1.2.3, consider disabling the iv membership update user settings action until a patch is available. Restrict access to the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4038

Affected Products

Wp Membership

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37074 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132012/WordPress-WP-Membership-1.2.3-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4038 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/535652/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4038 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/535587/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7998 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/74766 · Note