# CVE-2020-9457: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated users with minimal privileges can escalate privileges by importing custom vulnerable forms in the RegistrationMagic WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rq4m-766g-9mx4

## What is CVE-2020-9457?

CVE-2020-9457 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The RegistrationMagic plugin through 4.6.0.3 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users (with minimal privileges) to import custom vulnerable forms and change form settings via class_rm_form_settings_controller.php, resulting in privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9457?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metagauss Registrationmagic.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-9457?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-9457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-20208](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-20208/): RegistrationMagic - Custom Registration Forms <= 3.7.9.2 - PHP Object Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-10508](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10508/): Auth bypass in RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2499/): RegistrationMagic <= 5.2.1.0 - Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-4073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4073/): RegistrationMagic <= 5.0.1.7 Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1990](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1990/): SQL injection in RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9457 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-9457 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9457/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9457/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9457
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9457
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9457

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9457/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.