CVE-2024-2417
HIGH EXPLOITEDWordPress User Registration - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2024-2417 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
The User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the form_save_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the registration form and make the default registration role administrator. This subsequently allows the attacker to register an account as an administrator on the site.
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0094
EPSS Percentile
56.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2024-05-02
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (2)
wpeverest/User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder
< 3.1.5
wpeverest/User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin
< 3.1.5
Published
May 02, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026