Unauthenticated role escalation via membership-level selection
Published Aug 19, 2024 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Improper authentication in WPIndeed Ultimate Membership Pro 12.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain an attached elevated role. The setRole and setRoleForRegister functions trust the submitted membership-level identifier and return that level's custom_role_level during registration. Public registration and a level linked to a privileged role are required; the Administrator role is not allowed by default.
Summary
What happened
Improper authentication in WPIndeed Ultimate Membership Pro 12.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain an attached elevated role. The setRole and setRoleForRegister functions trust the submitted membership-level identifier and return that level's custom_role_level during registration. Public registration and a level linked to a privileged role are required; the Administrator role is not allowed by default.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-43240
- Published
- Aug 19, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- WPIndeed
- Product
- Ultimate Membership Pro
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1136
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=12.6
- Affected versionversion=0 <=12.7 changes=[{"at":"12.8","status":"unaffected"}]
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