UserPlus <= 2.0 - Privilege Escalation

2024-11-18 00:00

João Pedro Soares de Alcântara

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginUser registration & user profile – UserPlus

Affected Version<= 2.0

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2024-52442

View all User registration & user profile – UserPlus vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

The User registration & user profile – UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges.

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-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-2024-52442 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b26f41e-fab8-4fe4-b5ab-4c238a433eab

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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