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CVE-2024-9519 (GCVE-0-2024-9519)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-10 02:06 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:36
VLAI
Title
UserPlus <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Registration Form Update to Privilege Escalation
Summary
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.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-10 17:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
userplus User registration & user profile – UserPlus Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0 (semver)
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userplus user_registration_and_user_profile Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:userplus:user_registration_and_user_profile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
István Márton
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