Registration Forms – User Profile, Custom Registration Form, Login Form, Invitation-Based Registrations for WordPress 2.0.14 - 2.0.15 - Authentication Bypass
Strategic Overview
2.0.14 – 2.0.15N/AVulnerability Overview
The Registration Forms – User Profile, Custom Registration Form, Login Form, Invitation-Based Registrations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions 2.0.14 - 2.0.15 . This is due to a lack of validation of user input in a login request to the plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to authenticate as an administrator when supplying a site administrators user id.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.16, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel) The product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.
External References
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