Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 5.1.7
- Affected Plugin
- UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin
- Affected Version
<= 5.1.6- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-602 · Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
- CVE
CVE-2024-0701
At a glance
CVE-2024-0701 is a medium-severity Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security vulnerability in the UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.1.6. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 5.1.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by Rob Stevens.
Vulnerability Overview
The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Security Feature Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.6. This is due to the use of client-side restrictions to enforce the 'Disabled registration' Membership feature within the plugin's General settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an account even when account registration has been disabled by an administrator.
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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-602: Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
The product is composed of a server that relies on the client to implement a mechanism that is intended to protect the server.
Remediation
Update to version 5.1.7, 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: UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin 5.1.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin
- 10.0UserPro <= 4.9.20 Privilege Escalation
- 9.8CVE-2024-56214: Userpro <= 5.1.9 Local File Inclusion
CVE-2024-56214 - 9.8CVE-2024-35700: UserPro Account Takeover to Privilege Escalation
CVE-2024-35700 - 9.8CVE-2023-2437: UserPro <= 5.1.1 Authentication Bypass to Administrator
CVE-2023-2437 - 9.8CVE-2023-2449: UserPro <= 5.1.1 Insecure Password Reset Mechanism
CVE-2023-2449 - 9.8UserPro <= 4.9.27 Privilege Escalation
- 9.8CVE-2017-16562: UserPro <= 4.9.17 Authentication Bypass
CVE-2017-16562 - 8.8CVE-2023-2440: UserPro <= 5.1.1 CSRF to Privilege Escalation
CVE-2023-2440
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