ArmemberWordPress extension · Reputeinfosystems
CVE-2023-51356
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Privilege Management vulnerability in Repute Infosystems ARMember allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects ARMember: from n/a through 4.0.10.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceARMember plugin versions up to 4.0.10 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond what their assigned role should permit, leading to unauthorized access to administrative functions.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
ArmemberWordPress extension
< 4.0.11CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify ARMember plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'ARMember' or check the wp-content/plugins/armember directory existsAffected if ARMember plugin is not installed means this CVE does not apply
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Check installed ARMember versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the version number listed under ARMember, or check the main plugin file for the version constantAffected if Version is less than 4.0.11 (versions up to and including 4.0.10 are affected)
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Confirm user registration is enabledIn WordPress admin, go to Settings > General and verify 'Anyone can register' is checked, or check the 'users_can_register' option in wp_options tableAffected if User registration is enabled and users can register themselves, creating authenticated accounts that could exploit the privilege escalation
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Audit user accounts for privilege escalationReview user roles in Users > All Users and check for users with Administrator or high-privileged roles they should not have, or examine armember_rolemeta table for role assignmentsAffected if Users have been assigned roles beyond what their original membership level should permit, indicating active exploitation
You are affected if ARMember version is below 4.0.11 and user registration is open, allowing authenticated users to escalate privileges beyond their assigned role.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped4.0.11
Update ARMember to the latest patched version once available; in the interim, restrict user registration and role assignment to trusted administrators only and audit existing user accounts for suspicious privilege escalation.
4.0.11
- Upgrade ARMember plugin to version 4.0.11 or later to remediate the privilege escalation vulnerability
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Armember
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-51356 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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