CVE-2015-4038 EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.3% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.25% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-06-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wpmembership | wpmembership |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Plugin WP Membership 1.2.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2015-05-21 |
References
- 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
- 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
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