CVE-2024-12821 affects the Media Manager for UserPro plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 3.12.0. This vulnerability, a missing capability check in the upm_upload_media() function, allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access to modify arbitrary WordPress options. The CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM) indicates a network-based attack with low complexity, leading to high integrity impact, as attackers can escalate privileges to administrator by enabling and manipulating user registration. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:userproplugin:media_manager:*:*:*:*:*: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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