CVE-2024-8246

HIGH

WordPress <=2.8.11 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.11. This is due to plugin not properly restricting what users have access to set the default role on registration forms. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with a custom role that allows them to register as administrators.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 33.4%
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

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (2)
themekraft/buddyforms < 2.8.12
themekraft/Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) < 2.8.11
Published Sep 14, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026