CVE-2020-9454
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the RegistrationMagic WordPress plugin versions through 4.6.0.3. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 5, 2020, affecting the plugin's administrative functions. This security flaw enables remote attackers to forge requests on behalf of site administrators (Wordfence Blog, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the absence of nonce checks in the plugin's administrative functions. This security oversight allows attackers to forge requests that can modify all plugin settings, including critical operations such as deleting users, creating new roles with elevated privileges, and enabling PHP file uploads through forms. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 8.0 (High), indicating its significant severity (Wordfence Blog).

Impact

The exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to multiple severe consequences. Attackers could forge requests to change all settings within the plugin, delete existing users, create new roles with escalated privileges, and enable potentially dangerous PHP file uploads through forms. This comprehensive access to administrative functions could result in complete compromise of the WordPress site's user management system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 4.6.0.4 of the RegistrationMagic plugin. Site administrators are strongly advised to update to this version or later to protect against potential attacks. No alternative workarounds have been publicly documented (WordPress Plugin).

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