WP Membership Plugin 1.2.3 on WordPress wp-admin/admin-ajax.php access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Membership Plugin 1.2.3 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-4038. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in WP Membership Plugin 1.2.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 06/03/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-4038 since 05/19/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:wp-admin/admin-ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37074) and SecurityFocus (BID 74766†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/19/2015 🔍
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06/03/2015 +15 days 🔍
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06/04/2015 +1 days 🔍
03/10/2025 +3567 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 132012⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-4038 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75691
SecurityFocus: 74766 - WordPress WP Membership Plugin Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/04/2015 10:16
Updated: 03/10/2025 06:51
Changes: 06/04/2015 10:16 (49), 04/03/2019 12:15 (3), 05/20/2022 02:59 (3), 06/09/2024 09:13 (23), 03/10/2025 06:51 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:9BA:103

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