What is CVE-2024-1290?

CVE-2024-1290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Strategy11 User_registration_forms, classified under CWE-269 IMPROPER PRIVILEGE MANAGEMENT. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-1290?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-1290 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Strategy11 User_registration_forms

CVE-2024-1290

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 ov…

EPSS: 0.006 (42.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Strategy11 User_registration_forms
Unknown User Registration — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1290?: CVE-2024-1290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Strategy11 User_registration_forms, classified under CWE-269 IMPROPER PRIVILEGE MANAGEMENT. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-1290?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1290 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.