PT-2024-39672 · WordPress · Userplus

István Márton · Published 2024-10-09 · Updated 2024-10-15 · CVE-2024-9518

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions UserPlus plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.0

Description The issue is related to privilege escalation due to insufficient restriction on the form actions and userplus update user profile functions. This allows unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the role parameter during registration.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.0, consider disabling the form actions and userplus update user profile functions until a patch is available. Restrict access to the registration process to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the role parameter in the affected registration endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9518

Affected Products

Userplus

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9518 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9518 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2489e649-27f7-4ca0-8655-0957016fa89a?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userplus/trunk/functions/user-functions.php?rev=1604604#L47 · Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1298 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1844204054097924128 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7552 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1846068536424517762 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/SecuriTricks/status/1844287950877782027 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1844204393211535565 · Twitter Post