CVEPublished 2023-04-05Modified 2026-04-081 article on news6 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2022-4939Wclovers · Wcfm_membership

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
Description

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.

Timeline
Published 2023-04-05
Modified 2026-04-08

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