CVE-2024-9518 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2024-9518 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 10/10/2024 | CVE Updated: 10/10/2024 | CVE Year: 2024
Source: Wordfence | Vendor: userplus | Product: User registration & user profile – UserPlus
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2024-9518 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-269
CWE Name: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Source: userplus

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).