CVE-2023-6009 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the UserPro plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 5.1.4. Authenticated attackers, even with subscriber-level permissions, can exploit this flaw by manipulating the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update to elevate their user role. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:userproplugin:userpro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.