CVE-2015-4038 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Membership plugin 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges via an iv_membership_update_user_settings action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Published: 2015-06-03

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 12.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmembership:wpmembership:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.11974.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132012/WordPress-WP-Membership-1.2.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535652/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74766
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7998

History

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Subscriptions

Wpmembership Wpmembership

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-06-03T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.716Z

Reserved: 2015-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4038

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-03T20:59:05.480

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-4038

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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