Simple Membership <= 4.1.2 - Membership Privilege Escalation

2022-07-06 00:00

Jet Infosystems

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.1.3

Affected PluginSimple Membership

Affected Version<= 4.1.2

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2022-2273

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Vulnerability Overview

The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to membership related privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This is due to insufficient validation on the membership membership_level supplied which makes it possible for authenticated users to supplied arbitrary membership levels and be granted to permissions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.1.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2273 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/792282d1-5f43-4511-becc-9c5bb5ae513a

CVSS Vector

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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