Adding drop down roles in registration <= 1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2024-10-14 00:00

João Pedro Soares de Alcântara

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginAdding drop down roles in registration

Affected Version<= 1.1

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-49217

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Vulnerability Overview

The Adding drop down roles in registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what roles a user can register as. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49217 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ecec3eb4-04db-47af-974f-bacc530a7c70

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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