RegistrationMagic <= 5.0.1.7 - Authentication Bypass

2021-12-08 00:00

Marco Wotschka

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.0.1.8

Affected PluginRegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login

Affected Version<= 5.0.1.7

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2021-4073

View all RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The RegistrationMagic WordPress plugin made it possible for unauthenticated users to log in as any site user, including administrators, if they knew a valid username on the site due to missing identity validation in the social login function social_login_using_email() of the plugin. This affects versions equal to, and less than, 5.0.1.7.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.0.1.8, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4073 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fbd978fd-f759-4983-90b0-af7338e21d30

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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