Unauthenticated Attackers Can Escalate Privileges via UserPlus Plugin
CVE-2024-9518

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
User Registration & User Profile – Userplus
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-9518?

The UserPlus plugin for WordPress suffers from a privilege escalation issue due to inadequate controls on the 'form_actions' and 'userplus_update_user_profile' functions. An unauthenticated attacker could manipulate the 'role' parameter during user registration, granting unauthorized access and potentially elevating their privileges within the WordPress environment. This vulnerability highlights the importance of proper validation and restriction mechanisms in user management functionalities.

Affected Version(s)

User registration & user profile – UserPlus * <= 2.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userplus/trunk...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

István Márton
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