Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2021 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2021-4073RegistrationMagic <= 5.0.1.7 Authentication Bypass
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity improper authentication in RegistrationMagic from RegistrationMagic. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.8% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
The RegistrationMagic WordPress plugin made it possible for unauthenticated users to log in as any site user, including administrators, if they knew a valid username on the site due to missing identity validation in the social login function social_login_using_email() of the plugin. This affects versions equal to, and less than, 5.0.1.7.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| RegistrationMagic | RegistrationMagic | 5.0.1.7 – through 5.0.1.7 |
Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-4073 x_refsource_MISC
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2635173/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/trunk/services/class_rm_user_services.php x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/12/authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-user-registration-plugin/ x_refsource_MISC