Description

WordPress Plugin RegistrationMagic-User Registration with Custom Registration Forms 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 RegistrationMagic-User Registration with Custom Registration Forms version 5.3.0.0 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.3.1.0 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2024/03/1313-bounty-awarded-for-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-patched-in-registrationmagic-wordpress-plugin/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-1991 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