Adding drop down roles in registration <= 1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

9.8
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVE CVE-2024-49217
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published October 14, 2024
Last Updated October 18, 2024
Researcher João Pedro Soares de Alcântara - Kinorth

Description

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Adding drop down roles in registration

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug user-drop-down-roles-in-registration (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.1

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