CVE-2021-24649

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

The WP User Frontend WordPress plugin before 3.5.29 uses a user supplied argument called urhidden in its registration form, which contains the role for the account to be created with, encrypted via wpuf_encryption(). This could allow an attacker having access to the AUTH_KEY and AUTH_SALT constant (via an arbitrary file access issue for example, or if the blog is using the default keys) to create an account with any role they want, such as admin

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published11/21/2022

Last Modified4/30/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wedevs:wp_user_frontend

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9486744e-ab24-44e4-b06e-9e0b4be132e2(contact@wpscan.com)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9486744e-ab24-44e4-b06e-9e0b4be132e2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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