CVE-2024-9518

UserPlus <= 2.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Published Oct 10, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient restriction on the 'form_actions' and 'userplus_update_user_profile' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the 'role' parameter during a registration.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-49981 The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient restriction on the 'form_actions' and 'userplus_update_user_profile' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the 'role' parameter during a registration.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpuserplus
Wpuserplus userplus
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpuserplus:userplus:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpuserplus
Wpuserplus userplus
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Userplus
Userplus user Registration And User Profile
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:userplus:user_registration_and_user_profile:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Userplus
Userplus user Registration And User Profile
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.0 due to insufficient restriction on the 'form_actions' and 'userplus_update_user_profile' functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the 'role' parameter during a registration.
Title UserPlus <= 2.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Apr 8, 2026, 4:42 PM
Reserved
Oct 4, 2024, 12:11 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 10, 2024, 2:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:24 AM