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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- WordPress Plugin WP Membership 1.2.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-37074 · webapps · May 21, 2015
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7998
- 20150521 CVE-2015-4038 - WordPress WP Membership plugin [Privilege escalation] mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132012/WordPress-WP-Membership-1.2.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
- 74766 vdb-entry
- 20150601 CVE-2015-4038 - WordPress WP Membership plugin [Privilege escalation] mailing-list