WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2024-1991 Modified

RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login
Plugin slug
custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 09, 2024
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Apr 09, 2024 and is one of 37 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the update_users_role() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator

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

Primary and upstream sources