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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.

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 30.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 30.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 13.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
17.9
5 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
13.0
4 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
5 source links · newest first
  • 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 AM
  • Attackers exploit critical vulnerability in the Ultimate Member plugin to create administrative accounts on WordPress websites.

    newswww.securityweek.comJun 30, 2023, 1:13 PM
  • Today, 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

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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