CVE-2024-10216

WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership <= 2.9.11 - Missing Authorization to Carbon Fields Custom Sidebar Addition/Removal

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 23, 2024 at 03:25 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWP User Manager

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

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

v ≤ 2.9.11v < 2.9.12
Affected range stops below 2.9.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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