Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-9863
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.6.0 due to the insecure 'administrator' default value for the 'default_user_role' option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an administrator user even if the registration form is disabled.
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f04eab14-dd86-4145-b5eb-20d064bc8417?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification/tags/3.6.0/handler/forms/class-registrationform.php#L194
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3169869/miniorange-firebase-sms-otp-verification#file4