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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-6009

userproplugin userpro Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Published Oct 13, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 13, 2026 · userproplugin userpro Incorrect Privilege

Patch now

CVE-2023-6009 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm userproplugin userpro Incorrect Privilege against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (userproplugin userpro Incorrect Privilege).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.92%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated userpro · vendor userproplugin userpro

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.1.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'userpro_update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated userpro<= 5.1.4
  • vendor userproplugin userproversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-6009

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-6009 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm userproplugin userpro Incorrect Privilege against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 5.1.4. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.92%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 13, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.1.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'userpro_update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.

  2. Oct 13, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-6009

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-6009

    30-day exploitation probability 0.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-6009

    The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.1.4 due to insufficient restriction on the 'userpro_update_user_profile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a sub

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.