CSRF in Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU18146

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10673

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as change the e-mail address in the administrator profile, and then the attacker is able to reset the administrator password using the WordPress "password forget" form.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ultimate Member - User Profile & Membership Plugin: 2.0.4 - 2.0.39

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate-member:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate-member:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:ultimatemember:ultimate-member:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

External links

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152315/WordPress-Ultimate-Member-2.0.38-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.