CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-16562

Improper Authentication

Published: Nov 10, 2017 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The UserPro plugin before 4.9.17.1 for WordPress, when used on a site with the admin username, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via a true value for the up_auto_log parameter in the QUERY_STRING to the default URI.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Userpro Userproplugin * 4.9.17.1 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References