CVE-2024-1290 Formidable Registration < 2.12 - Contributor+ Arbitrary User Password Reset To Account Takeover
Contributors can exploit shortcode rendering to leak password reset URLs and take over arbitrary user accounts in the User Registration plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1290?
CVE-2024-1290 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown User Registration, published on 11 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The User Registration WordPress plugin before 2.12 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from rendering sensitive shortcodes, allowing them to generate, and leak, valid password reset URLs, which they can use to take over any accounts.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1290?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Strategy11 User Registration Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1290?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-1290 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1290 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgjm-23r8-g35c.