Unauthorized Plugin Installation and Activation Vulnerability Affects User Registration Forms for WordPress
CVE-2024-6069

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Pie Register – User Registration, Profiles & Content Restriction
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 July 2024

What is CVE-2024-6069?

The Registration Forms plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers, including those with Subscriber-level access, to install, activate, and deactivate arbitrary plugins on the affected server. This issue arises from inadequate capability checks implemented in the functions pieregister_install_addon, pieregister_activate_addon, and pieregister_deactivate_addon. Attackers exploiting this vulnerability can potentially execute unauthorized code, compromising the security and integrity of the server.

Affected Version(s)

Pie Register – User Registration, Profiles & Content Restriction 0 <= 3.8.3.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pie-register/t...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pie-register/t...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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