Simple Membership <= 4.3.4 - Privilege escalation via Registration
Strategic Overview
<= 4.3.4CVE-2023-41957Vulnerability Overview
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to missing input validation on the create_swpm_user function in versions up to, and including, 4.3.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register users with arbitrary membership levels. Since membership levels can be granted a higher user role than subscriber, this can lead to privilege escalation
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.3.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
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