User registration & user profile – UserPlus, CVE-2024-9519
- CVE, Research URL
- Application
- 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
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Min -, max 2.0.
- Status
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vulnerable