Ultimate Member <= 2.0.39 - Unauthorized Profile Modification

2019-06-15 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.0.40

Affected PluginUltimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin

Affected Version<= 2.0.39

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2019-10271

View all Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin 2.0.39 for WordPress. It allows unauthorized profile and cover picture modification. It is possible to modify the profile and cover picture of any user once one is connected. One can also modify the profiles and cover pictures of privileged users. To perform such a modification, one first needs to (for example) intercept an upload-picture request and modify the user_id parameter.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.40, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10271 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00b4b903-4682-458b-9681-751179460b75

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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