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2 vulnerabilities found for WP User Frontend by Unknown
CVE-2021-24649 (GCVE-0-2021-24649)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-11-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-30 13:27
VLAI
Title
WP User Frontend < 3.5.29 - Obscure Registration as Admin
Summary
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
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9486744e-ab24-44… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP User Frontend |
Affected:
0 , < 3.5.29
(custom)
|
Credits
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CVE-2021-24649 (GCVE-0-2021-24649)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-30 13:27
VLAI
Title
WP User Frontend < 3.5.29 - Obscure Registration as Admin
Summary
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
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9486744e-ab24-44… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP User Frontend |
Affected:
0 , < 3.5.29
(custom)
|
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