RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms and User Login <= 4.6.0.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation

2020-03-05 00:00

Ram

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.6.0.4

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

Affected Version< 4.6.0.4

CVSS9.9Critical

CVECVE-2020-9456

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Vulnerability Overview

In the RegistrationMagic plugin through 4.6.0.3 for WordPress, the user controller allows remote authenticated users (with minimal privileges) to elevate their privileges to administrator via class_rm_user_controller.php rm_user_edit.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.6.0.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9456 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/241dc2e4-b079-407b-b610-c40b23d038cb

CVSS Vector

9.9

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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