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CriticalCVE-2024-52442

UserPlus <= 2.0 - Privilege Escalation

User registration & user profile – UserPlus: Currently marked unpatched

Affected versions: *-2.0

Vulnerability type: CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected software, patched versions and attribution

The User registration & user profile – UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges.

User registration & user profile – UserPlus

Affected versions: *-2.0

Patched versions: Not supplied

Researcher credit: João Pedro Soares de Alcântara

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Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.

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Original Wordfence record
Published
November 18, 2024
CVSS
9.8
HighCVE-2024-9519

UserPlus <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Registration Form Update to Privilege Escalation

User registration & user profile – UserPlus: Currently marked unpatched

Affected versions: *-2.0

Vulnerability type: CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected software, patched versions and attribution

The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper capability check on the 'save_metabox_form' function in versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level permissions or above, to update the registration form role to administrator, which leads to privilege escalation.

User registration & user profile – UserPlus

Affected versions: *-2.0

Patched versions: Not supplied

Researcher credit: István Márton

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Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.

Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

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Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation

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Original Wordfence record
Published
October 9, 2024
CVSS
7.2
CriticalCVE-2024-9518

UserPlus <= 2.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

User registration & user profile – UserPlus: Currently marked unpatched

Affected versions: *-2.0

Vulnerability type: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected software, patched versions and attribution

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.

User registration & user profile – UserPlus

Affected versions: *-2.0

Patched versions: Not supplied

Researcher credit: István Márton

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Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.

Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

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This record contains material that is subject to copyright

Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation

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Original Wordfence record
Published
October 9, 2024
CVSS
9.8
MediumCVE-2024-9520

UserPlus <= 2.0 - Missing Authorization via Multiple Functions

User registration & user profile – UserPlus: Currently marked unpatched

Affected versions: *-2.0

Vulnerability type: CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected software, patched versions and attribution

The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification, and loss of data due to a missing capability check on multiple functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or above, to add, modify, or delete user meta and plugin options.

User registration & user profile – UserPlus

Affected versions: *-2.0

Patched versions: Not supplied

Researcher credit: István Márton

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Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.

Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

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This record contains material that is subject to copyright

Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation

CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

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Original Wordfence record
Published
October 9, 2024
CVSS
6.3
MediumCVE-2023-0824

UserPlus <= 2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

User registration & user profile – UserPlus: Currently marked unpatched

Affected versions: *-2.0

Vulnerability type: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Affected software, patched versions and attribution

The UserPlus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'save' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin options, including injecting malicious JavaScript into the plugin options, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This also makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute via this functionality.

User registration & user profile – UserPlus

Affected versions: *-2.0

Patched versions: Not supplied

Researcher credit: Shreya Pohekar

Applicable copyright and licence notices

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Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.

Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

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This record contains material that is subject to copyright

Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation

CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.

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Original Wordfence record
Published
April 12, 2023
CVSS
6.1

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Analysis and practical guidance: 3Zero Digital.

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