Unauthenticated administrator registration via unrestricted user metadata
Published Jan 15, 2025 · Updated Jan 15, 2025
Privilege escalation in PickPlugins Post Grid 2.2.85 through 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to register WordPress administrator accounts. The profile-registration handler in includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php accepts attacker-controlled user metadata without restricting role or capability fields. No authentication is required; a newly created administrator account grants control over site content, users, plugins, and configuration.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in PickPlugins Post Grid 2.2.85 through 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to register WordPress administrator accounts. The profile-registration handler in includes/blocks/form-wrap/functions.php accepts attacker-controlled user metadata without restricting role or capability fields. No authentication is required; a newly created administrator account grants control over site content, users, plugins, and configuration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9636
- Published
- Jan 15, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 15, 2025
- Vendor
- PickPlugins
- Product
- Post Grid
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1190, T1136
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.2.85 <=2.3.3
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What is affected?
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Attacks
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Reported exploitation
- Wordfence blocked attacks targeting CVE-2024-9636reported exploitation
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