CVE-2024-7493 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the WPCOM Member plugin for WordPress, impacting all versions up to and including 1.5.2.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to elevate their user role to administrator during registration by manipulating data passed to the wp_insert_user() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpcom:wpcom_member:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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