🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2024-8246

HIGH 8.8

Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) <= 2.8.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.11. This is due to plugin not properly restricting what users have access to set the default role on registration forms. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with a custom role that allows them to register as administrators.

CWE CWE-269
Vendor themekraft
Product post form – registration form – profile form for user profiles – frontend content forms for user submissions (ugc)
Published Sep 14, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

themekraft / Post Form – Registration Form – Profile Form for User Profiles – Frontend Content Forms for User Submissions (UGC)
0 ≤ 2.8.11

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/40760f60-b81a-447b-a2c8-83c7666ce410?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3149760/buddyforms/trunk/includes/admin/form-builder/meta-boxes/metabox-registration.php

Credits

wesley