CVE-2022-2273

Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Membership Privilege Escalation

The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 does not properly validate the membership_level parameter when editing a profile, allowing members to escalate to a higher membership level by using a crafted POST request.

Affected

Simple Membership

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile

Published

2022-08-01

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/724729d9-1c4a-485c-9c90-a27664c47c84

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry