WPForms User Registration <= 2.1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

2024-07-18 00:00

Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1.2

Affected PluginWPForms User Registration

Affected Version<= 2.1.0

CVSS8.0High

CVECVE-2023-52209

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Vulnerability Overview

The WPForms User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0. This is due to a missing capability check when adding a role option to a form. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a form that allows them to register as a higher privileged user.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.2, or a newer patched version --- 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-2023-52209 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93554eb7-2f81-4eb1-809e-6dfe1f5b6196

CVSS Vector

8.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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