CVE-2024-1290 Formidable Registration < 2.12 - Contributor+ Arbitrary User Password Reset To Account Takeover

2024-03-1117:56:06

WPScan

github.com

cve-2024-1290

formidable registration

wordpress plugin

account takeover

password reset

user registration

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

Technical Impact

partial

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "Unknown",
    "product": "User Registration",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "2.12",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]