CVE-2023-3460

critical

Description

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.

References

https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7

https://github.com/ayinedjimi/wordpress-vulnerable-lab

https://github.com/TranKuBao/CVE-20233460

https://github.com/TranKuBao/CVE-2023-3460_FIX

https://github.com/diego-tella/CVE-2023-3460

https://github.com/Fire-Null/CVE-2023-3460

https://github.com/hheeyywweellccoommee/CVE-2023-3460-obgen

https://github.com/yon3zu/Mass-CVE-2023-3460

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-44122

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-04

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.72306