Armember
CVE-2022-1903
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access resources or perform actions without proper authorization checks by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The ARMember WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 is vulnerable to account takeover (even the administrator) due to missing nonce and authorization checks in an AJAX action available to unauthenticated. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement role-based access control, validate authorization on every request server-side, apply principle of least privilege.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Missing Authorization (CWE-862), which allows attackers to access resources or perform actions without proper authorization checks. The ARMember WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 is vulnerable to account takeover (even the administrator) due to missing nonce and authorization checks in an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to change the password of arbitrary users by knowing their username Affected products include: Armemberplugin Armember. Version information: before 3.4.8.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The ARMember WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 is vulnerable to account takeover (even the administrator) due to missing nonce and authorization checks in an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to change the password of arbitrary users by knowing their username
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Unauthenticated SQL injection in the ARMember Premium WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 7.3.1) allows remot
Account takeover in the ARMember Premium WordPress plugin through version 7.3.1 stems from the plugin storing a plaintex
CSRF + deserialization chain in ARMember WordPress membership plugin.
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Repute Infosystems ARMember.0.26. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0),
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Repute Infosystems ARMember.0.28. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulner
Unauth. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor pat
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Repute Infosystems ARMember.0.26. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), thi
A vulnerability in reputeinfosystems ARMember armember-membership.4.11. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerabili
The ARMember plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.0.5. R
SQL Injection in ARMember Premium WordPress membership plugin (versions up to and including 7.3.1) enables authenticated
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Repute Infosystems
The ARMember plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including,
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