WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2022-4024 Modified

Registration Forms: Cross-site request forgery

Registration Forms is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Registration Forms
Plugin slug
pie-register
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 19, 2022
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Dec 19, 2022 and is one of 18 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Registration Forms 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 Registration Forms WordPress plugin before 3.8.1.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF when deleting users via an init action handler, allowing unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary users (along with their posts)

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

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

Primary and upstream sources