CVE-2024-9863
WordPress UserPro Privilege Escalation
Description
The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.6.0 due to the insecure 'administrator' default value for the 'default_user_role' option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an administrator user even if the registration form is disabled.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 17, 2024, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 18, 2024, 12:53 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.6.0 due to the insecure 'administrator' default value for the 'default_user_role' option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an administrator user even if the registration form is disabled. Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f04eab14-dd86-4145-b5eb-20d064bc8417?source=cve [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification/tags/3.6.0/handler/forms/class-registrationform.php#L194 [No types assigned] Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3169869/miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification#file4 [No types assigned] Added CWE Wordfence CWE-266 Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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