Simple Membership Plugin up to 4.1.2 on WordPress POST membership_level privileges management
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A vulnerability has been found in Simple Membership Plugin up to 4.1.2 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component POST Handler. The manipulation of the argument membership_level
with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 does not properly validate the membership_level parameter when editing a profile, allowing members to escalate to a higher membership level by using a crafted POST request.
The weakness was published 08/01/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-2273 since 06/30/2022. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading to version 4.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Simple Membership Plugin 4.1.3
Timeline
06/30/2022 🔍08/01/2022 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: wpscan.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-2273 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 08/01/2022 17:19Changes: 08/01/2022 17:19 (42)
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