CVE-2015-4038

high

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.

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7998

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-4066

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74766

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535652/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535587/100/0/threaded

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132012/WordPress-WP-Membership-1.2.3-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-06-03

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08253

Detections

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