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CVE-2024-9519: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The UserPlus plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 2.0) contains a vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-9519, discovered and reported by István Márton. The vulnerability is related to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper capability check in the 'save_metabox_form' function (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from an improper capability check in the 'save_metabox_form' function. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with editor-level permissions or above to update the registration form role to administrator, leading to privilege escalation (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with editor-level permissions or higher to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring no user interaction to execute (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade their UserPlus plugin to a version newer than 2.0 to address this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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