CVE-2022-4939 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

THe WCFM Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including 2.10.0, due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_nopriv_wcfm_ajax_controller AJAX action that controls membership settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the membership registration form in a way that allows them to set the role for registration to that of any user including administrators. Once configured, the attacker can then register as an administrator.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Wclovers	Wcfm Membership

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wclovers:wcfm_membership:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2633191%40wc-multivendor-membership&new=2633191%40wc-multivendor-membership&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0870de2d-bca5-4d57-a07f-877a416ce0d5?source=cve

History

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-04-05T18:00:30.235Z

Updated: 2025-01-13T16:54:42.803Z

Reserved: 2023-04-05T17:51:27.882Z

Link: CVE-2022-4939

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:46.096Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-05T19:15:07.453

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:36:17.580

Link: CVE-2022-4939

Redhat

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