CVE-2023-2440 HIGH

CVE-2023-2440: UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation

Vendor N/A
Product UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published November 22, 2023
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.1.1. This is due to missing nonce validation in the 'admin_page', 'userpro_verify_user' and 'verifyUnverifyAllUsers' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the role of verified users to elevate verified user privileges to that of any user such as 'administrator' via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 22, 2023 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated