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CVE-2024-49217

WordPress Adding drop down roles in registration plugin <= 1.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Madiri Salman Aashish Adding drop down roles in registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Adding drop down roles in registration: from n/a through 1.1.

The Adding drop down roles in registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what roles a user can register as. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator.

*Credits: João Pedro Soares de Alcântara - Kinorth (Patchstack Alliance)
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-10-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-10-14 CVE Published
  • 2024-10-18 CVE Updated
  • 2024-11-07 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
User Drop Down Roles In Registration
Search vendor "User Drop Down Roles In Registration"
 User Drop Down Roles In Registration
Search vendor "User Drop Down Roles In Registration" for product "User Drop Down Roles In Registration"
 >= 0.0 <= 1.1
Search vendor "User Drop Down Roles In Registration" for product "User Drop Down Roles In Registration" and version " >= 0.0 <= 1.1"
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Affected