User Registration Plugin up to 2.11 on WordPress Shortcode privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in User Registration Plugin up to 2.11 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-1290. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in User Registration Plugin up to 2.11 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Shortcode Handler. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The User Registration WordPress plugin before 2.12 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from rendering sensitive shortcodes, allowing them to generate, and leak, valid password reset URLs, which they can use to take over any accounts.

The weakness was disclosed 03/11/2024 by Scott Kingsley Clark. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-1290 since 02/06/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: User Registration Plugin 2.12

Timelineinfo

02/06/2024 🔍
03/11/2024 +34 days 🔍
03/11/2024 +0 days 🔍
11/01/2024 +235 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Scott Kingsley Clark
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-1290 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-1290
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-256337

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2024 19:27
Updated: 11/01/2024 22:20
Changes: 03/11/2024 19:27 (40), 11/01/2024 22:20 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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