CVE-2024-1991 HIGH

CVE-2024-1991: RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login <= 5.3.0.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Vendor Metagauss
Product RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published April 9, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the update_users_role() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 9, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated