Description
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
Published: 2024-04-09
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-17707 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
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login <= 5.3.0.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 31 Jan 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Metagauss
Metagauss registrationmagic
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:registrationmagic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Metagauss
Metagauss registrationmagic

Subscriptions

Metagauss Registrationmagic
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:01:30.836Z

Reserved: 2024-02-28T20:27:38.281Z

Link: CVE-2024-1991

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:56:22.558Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-04-09T19:15:21.883

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:20:55.420

Link: CVE-2024-1991

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses