CVE-2024-1991 (GCVE-0-2024-1991)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-09 18:58 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login <= 5.3.0.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Summary
The RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the update_users_role() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-11 17:42 UTC
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| metagauss | RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.3.0.0
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| metagauss | registrationmagic |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 5.3.0.0
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:registrationmagic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
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