Formidable Registration <= 2.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary User Password Reset To Account Takeover
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.12
- Affected Plugin
- WordPress User Registration Forms by Formidable Forms
- Affected Version
<= 2.11- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-1290
At a glance
CVE-2024-1290 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WordPress User Registration Forms by Formidable Forms WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.11. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.12; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Scott Kingsley Clark.
Vulnerability Overview
The WordPress User Registration Forms by Formidable Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary user password reset and account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.11. This is due to the plugin allowing users with access to the editor to utilize the frm-set-password-link shortcode and supply any user ID. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to reset the password of any user account and achieve account takeover
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in WordPress User Registration Forms by Formidable Forms <= 2.11 takes an account at Contributor level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For WordPress User Registration Forms by Formidable Forms the fix is 2.12: builds <= 2.11 are affected, anything from 2.12 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.12, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: WordPress User Registration Forms by Formidable Forms 2.12 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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