CVE-2024-10216

MEDIUM

WP User Manager <= 2.9.11 - Authenticated Data Modification via Missing Capability Check

Title source: llm

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.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/vendor-dist/htmlburger/carbon-fields/core/Libraries/Sidebar_Manager/Sidebar_Manager.php#L102

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-manager/trunk/vendor-dist/htmlburger/carbon-fields/core/Libraries/Sidebar_Manager/Sidebar_Manager.php#L79

Patch

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3194404/wp-user-manager/trunk/includes/class-wp-user-manager.php

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ab4e9c6-68b0-4113-bff0-c1d3c2d3dea4?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0043

EPSS Percentile 34.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

wpusermanager/WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership < 2.9.11

wpusermanager/wp_user_manager < 2.9.12

Published Nov 23, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026