CVE-2024-8246

Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) <= 2.8.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

Published Sep 14, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.11. This is due to plugin not properly restricting what users have access to set the default role on registration forms. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with a custom role that allows them to register as administrators.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-49044 The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.11. This is due to plugin not properly restricting what users have access to set the default role on registration forms. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with a custom role that allows them to register as administrators.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0024}

epss

{'score': 0.00282}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Themekraft buddyforms
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:themekraft:buddyforms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Themekraft buddyforms
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Themekraft
Themekraft post Form Registration Form Profile Form For User Profiles And Content Forms
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:themekraft:post_form_registration_form_profile_form_for_user_profiles_and_content_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Themekraft
Themekraft post Form Registration Form Profile Form For User Profiles And Content Forms
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.11. This is due to plugin not properly restricting what users have access to set the default role on registration forms. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with a custom role that allows them to register as administrators.
Title Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) <= 2.8.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 4:48 PM
Reserved
Aug 27, 2024, 9:04 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 14, 2024, 4:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:22 AM