Vulnerability · Published Nov 23, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-10216WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership <= 2.9.11 - Missing Authorization to Carbon Fields Custom Sidebar Addition/Removal
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership from wpusermanager. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'add_sidebar' and 'remove_sidebar' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to add or remove a Carbon Fields custom sidebar if the Carbon Fields (carbon-fields) plugin is installed.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpusermanager | WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership | 0 – through 2.9.11 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ab4e9c6-68b0-4113-bff0-c1d3c2d3dea4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/vendor-dist/htmlburger/carbon-fields/core/Libraries/Sidebar_Manager/Sidebar_Manager.php#L79
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/vendor-dist/htmlburger/carbon-fields/core/Libraries/Sidebar_Manager/Sidebar_Manager.php#L102
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3194404/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/class-wp-user-manager.php