CVE-2021-24649

WP User Frontend <= 3.5.28 - Privilege Escalation

highImproper Privilege Management
8.1
CVSS Score
8.1
CVSS Score
high
Severity
3.5.29
Patched in
449d
Time to patch

Description

The WP User Frontend plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to the default user role checking on the process_registration function in versions up to, and including, 3.5.28 which accepts user supplied input via the urhidden value. This makes it possible for attackers, under certain circumstances, to register as administrators. This requires the attacker have access to the AUTH_KEY and AUTH_SALT values from wp-config.php.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.5.28
PublishedOctober 31, 2022
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwp-user-frontend

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