CVE-2017-16562 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2017-16562

The UserPro plugin before 4.9.17.1 for WordPress, when used on...

Vulnerability Description

The UserPro plugin before 4.9.17.1 for WordPress, when used on a site with the "admin" username, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain administrative access via a "true" value for the up_auto_log parameter in the QUERY_STRING to the default URI.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

userproplugin

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Affected Software

userpro
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 9th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.