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User registration & user profile – UserPlus, CVE-2024-9519

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2024-9519

Published on
Oct 10, 2024
Research Description
The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper capability check on the 'save_metabox_form' function in versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level permissions or above, to update the registration form role to administrator, which leads to privilege escalation.
Affected versions
Min -, max 2.0.
Status
vulnerable