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CVE-2021-24649

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

Published

2022-11-21T11:15:12.507

Last Modified

2025-04-30T14:15:23.043

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

Weaknesses

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Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application wedevs wp_user_frontend < 3.5.29 Yes
References