Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A flaw in WP Marketplace for WordPress 2.4.0 let an authenticated remote user create arbitrary WordPress users and potentially give themselves administrator privileges. For an affected site, this could turn a low-privilege account into full site control.
Executive priority
Treat this as high priority if the plugin is present. The risk is full WordPress administrative compromise from an authenticated account, but urgency depends on confirming WP Marketplace 2.4.0 in the environment.
Technical view
The CVE description identifies ajaxinit in wpmarketplace/libs/cart.php as exposing wp_insert_user through wpmp_pp_ajax_call target selection. The reported impact is arbitrary user creation and admin privilege gain by authenticated remote users. No CVSS, CWE, CPE, affected range, or vendor fix is provided in the bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to WordPress installations running the WP Marketplace plugin version 2.4.0. The source bundle does not identify other affected versions or maintained forks.
Exploitation context
A public Exploit-DB reference exists, but the bundle does not support claims of active exploitation. CISA KEV status is false in the provided data.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The CVE description names the vulnerable function, file, plugin version, and target function, but does not provide CVSS, CWE, CPE, affected range, patch status, or active exploitation evidence. Avoid expanding scope beyond WP Marketplace 2.4.0 without vendor confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Identify WordPress sites running WP Marketplace plugin 2.4.0.
- Disable or remove the plugin until vendor guidance or a fixed version is confirmed.
- Check vendor and WordPress plugin sources for official remediation guidance.
- Audit administrator accounts created during the possible exposure period.
- Review plugin access controls and reduce unnecessary authenticated user accounts.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether wpmarketplace is installed and its exact version.
- Review WordPress users for unexpected administrator accounts.
- Inspect logs for unusual wpmp_pp_ajax_call activity without replaying requests.
- Check whether low-privilege accounts existed during the exposure window.
- Document findings because CVE metadata lacks CPE and fixed-version detail.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36490/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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