CVE-2024-2417
The User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the form_save_action() function in all versions up to, and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the form_save_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the registration form and make the default registration role administrator. This subsequently allows the attacker to register an account as an administrator on the site.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.94% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://github.com/wpeverest/user-registration/commit/d265273aa4dddb24ade929be78c6bf1766f1cf00
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3070439/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-ajax.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d03459d8-b1f2-4270-a294-403754db1f2f?source=cve
- https://github.com/wpeverest/user-registration/commit/d265273aa4dddb24ade929be78c6bf1766f1cf00
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3070439/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-ajax.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d03459d8-b1f2-4270-a294-403754db1f2f?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.