CVE-2024-53810

Simple User Registration <= 5.5 - Missing Authorization to User Deletion

criticalMissing Authorization

9.1

CVSS Score

9.1

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

6.0

Patched in

10d

Time to patch

Description

The Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to the user deletion feature due to a missing capability check in all versions up to, and including, 5.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary users.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.5

PublishedDecember 2, 2024

Last updatedDecember 11, 2024

Affected pluginwp-registration

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e074c818-8432-4ee1-a376-0abde3666bc3?source=api-prod

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