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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-4038 · published 3 June 2015

CVE-2015-4038: Wpmembership permissions and access controls vulnerability

WWpmembership · Wpmembership

The WP Membership plugin 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges via an iv_membership_update_user_settings action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

6.5 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.3% · top 5.3% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
6.5CVSS 2.0 base score
8.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The WP Membership plugin 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges via an iv_membership_update_user_settings action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132012/WordPress-WP-Membership-1.2.3-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535652/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74766
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7998
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132012/WordPress-WP-Membership-1.2.3-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535587/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535652/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74766
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7998

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-4038), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.