CVE-2024-49604

Simple User Registration <= 6.7 - Missing Authorization to Account Takeover

criticalMissing Authorization

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

6.8

Patched in

471d

Time to patch

Description

The Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 6.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to takeover other users accounts and elevate their privileges

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=6.7

PublishedOctober 17, 2024

Last updatedJanuary 30, 2026

Affected pluginwp-registration

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/169d06e1-055b-422a-a466-155ec43e0dbb?source=api-prod

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