CVE-2024-9518

CRITICAL EPSS 39.2%
Published Oct 10, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Oct 10, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient restriction on the 'form_actions' and 'userplus_update_user_profile' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the 'role' parameter during a registration.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
39.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
wpuserplususerplus* ≤2.0

References 2

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userplus/trunk/functions/user-functions.php?rev=1604604#L47
    Product
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2489e649-27f7-4ca0-8655-0957016fa89a?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.