CVE-2024-7493

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

The WPCOM Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.2.1. This is due to the plugin allowing arbitrary data to be passed to wp_insert_user() during registration. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update their role to that of an administrator during registration.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-7493

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-09-06T13:55:20.451Z

Last Modified Date
2024-09-06T14:10:08.217Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-269	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec7f3e0c-a07c-4082-9b6b-12d0fbe0fdc8?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpcom-member/tags/1.5.2/includes/form-validation.php#L267

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7493
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-7493

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-09-07 13:05:15				Added to TrackCVE