Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-1991RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login <= 5.3.0.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity missing authorization in RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login from metagauss. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the update_users_role() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
metagauss	RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login	0 – through 5.3.0.0

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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