Description

WordPress Plugin UserPro-Community and User Profile is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently bypass authentication mechanism and log in with full administrator access. WordPress Plugin UserPro-Community and User Profile version 4.9.17 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 4.9.17.1 or latest

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43117/

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144905/WordPress-UserPro-4.6.17-Authentication-Bypass.html

https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-social-login/5958681

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-16562 CWE-287 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass