Description

WordPress Plugin User Registration-Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to bypass the expected capabilities check and perform otherwise restricted actions; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin User Registration-Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile version 3.1.5 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.2.0 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2024/04/2063-bounty-awarded-for-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-patched-in-user-registration-wordpress-plugin/

https://github.com/wpeverest/user-registration/commit/d265273aa4dddb24ade929be78c6bf1766f1cf00

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-2417 CWE-269 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Privilege Escalation