CVE-2024-52442

WordPress UserPlus plugin <= 2.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Userplus UserPlus allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects UserPlus: from n/a through 2.0.

Vulnerabilidad de asignación incorrecta de privilegios en UserPlus UserPlus permite la escalada de privilegios. Este problema afecta a UserPlus: desde n/a hasta 2.0.

The User registration & user profile – UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges.

*Credits: João Pedro Soares de Alcântara - Kinorth (Patchstack Alliance)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-11-11 CVE Reserved
2024-11-18 CVE Published
2024-11-21 EPSS Updated
2024-11-26 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/userplus/wordpress-userplus-plugin-2-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Vdb Entry

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Userplus Search vendor "Userplus"		Userplus Search vendor "Userplus" for product "Userplus"				>= 0.0 <= 2.0 Search vendor "Userplus" for product "Userplus" and version " >= 0.0 <= 2.0"		en		Affected