Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This flaw lets unauthenticated visitors create WordPress accounts with administrator-level power on sites running vulnerable Ultimate Member versions. That can give an attacker control of the website without first stealing a password.
Executive priority
Treat this as urgent for any internet-facing WordPress property using Ultimate Member. The business risk is full site takeover, defacement, data access, or malware placement through attacker-created administrator accounts.
Technical view
Ultimate Member before 2.6.7 fails to prevent account creation with arbitrary capabilities, a CWE-269 privilege-management issue. The reported impact is unauthenticated privilege escalation to administrator accounts.
Likely exposure
Public WordPress sites running Ultimate Member before 2.6.7 are the relevant exposure. The bundle does not provide reliable CPEs or a complete affected-version matrix beyond “before 2.6.7.”
Exploitation context
The CVE description and WPScan campaign reference state exploitation in the wild. The bundle says this CVE is not in KEV, so active exploitation is sourced to WPScan and the CVE text, not CISA KEV.
Researcher notes
No CVSS score is provided in the bundle. The affected metadata is incomplete, but the title and description identify Ultimate Member before 2.6.7. Avoid assuming broader products or fixes beyond vendor/WPScan guidance.
Mitigation direction
- Update Ultimate Member to version 2.6.7 or later.
- Check vendor and WPScan guidance for any additional remediation steps.
- Audit and remove unauthorized administrator accounts.
- Review WordPress user roles and capabilities for suspicious changes.
- Restrict public registration if it is not business-critical.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WordPress sites for the Ultimate Member plugin and version.
- Confirm no site is running Ultimate Member before 2.6.7.
- Review recent administrator account creation events.
- Inspect user capability changes for unexpected elevated privileges.
- Check logs for suspicious registration activity around exposure windows.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
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ATT&CK lookup starting points
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CWE-269: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupPrivilege behavior lookup
The CVE wording references privilege impact, so privilege escalation and authorization behavior review may help. This is a Glexia inferred lookup path, not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, or CVE Program mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2023-3460 mapping review
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/694235c7-4469-4ffd-a722-9225b19e98d7CVE reference · exploit, vdb-entry
- https://blog.wpscan.com/hacking-campaign-actively-exploiting-ultimate-member-plugin/CVE reference
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Privilege Management
Improper Privilege Management represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.