CVE-2023-6009

UserPro <= 5.1.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 22, 2023 at 03:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:49 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUserproUserPro

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.1.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'userpro_update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-266

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