CVE detail
CVE-2023-3460
The Ultimate Member WordPress plugin before 2.6.7 does not prevent visitors from creating user accounts with arbitrary capabilities, effectively allowing attackers to create administrator accounts at will. This is actively being exploited in the wild.
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Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 13.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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5 source links · newest first
- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 26, 2023 to July 2, 2023)Wordfence
Last week, there were 66 vulnerabilities disclosed in 56 WordPress Plugins and 1 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 34 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected. Our mission with … Read More
vendorwww.wordfence.comJul 6, 2023, 12:58 PM - 3rd July – Threat Intelligence ReportCheck Point Research
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 3rd July, please download our Threat_Intelligence Bulletin TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The LockBit ransomware group has recently claimed responsibility for hacking the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the largest contract chip manufacturer globally, serving tech giants such as Apple and Qualcomm. TSMC denied it […]
vendorresearch.checkpoint.comJul 3, 2023, 12:04 PM Threat actors are exploiting a critical WordPress zero-day in the Ultimate Member plugin to create secret admin accounts. Hackers are actively exploiting a critical unpatched WordPress Plugin flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3460 (CVSS score: 9.8), to create secret admin accounts. Ultimate Member is a popular user profile and membership plugin for WordPress, it allows admins to […]
newssecurityaffairs.comJul 2, 2023, 6:36 AMAttackers exploit critical vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin to create administrative accounts on WordPress websites.
newswww.securityweek.comJun 30, 2023, 1:13 PMToday, on June 29, 2023, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team became aware of an unpatched privilege escalation vulnerability being actively exploited in Ultimate Member, a WordPress plugin installed on over 200,000 sites, through our vulnerability changelog monitoring we do to ensure the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database has the most up to date and accurate information. … Read More
vendorwww.wordfence.comJun 29, 2023, 8:43 PM
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