UserPlus <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Registration Form Update to Privilege Escalation

Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE CVE-2024-9519
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published October 9, 2024
Last Updated October 10, 2024
Researcher István Márton
Description

The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper capability check on the 'save_metabox_form' function in versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level permissions or above, to update the registration form role to administrator, which leads to privilege escalation.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug userplus (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0
Patched Version
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