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CVE-2021-24649

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
November 21, 2022
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The WP User Frontend WordPress plugin before 3.5.29 uses a user supplied argument called urhidden in its registration form, which contains the role for the account to be created with, encrypted via wpuf_encryption(). This could allow an attacker having access to the AUTH_KEY and AUTH_SALT constant (via an arbitrary file access issue for example, or if the blog is using the default keys) to create an account with any role they want, such as admin

Affected WordPress components

  • User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission Plugin · wp-user-frontend
    Confirmed match Active
    Before 3.5.29
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown WP User Frontend — Before 3.5.29
  • wedevs wp_user_frontend — Before 3.5.29

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9486744e-ab24-44e4-b06e-9e0b4be132e2 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record