cve/2015/CVE-2015-4038.md

### [CVE-2015-4038](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4038)
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### Description

The WP Membership plugin 1.2.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges via an iv_membership_update_user_settings action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132012/WordPress-WP-Membership-1.2.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7998

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon