Adding Drop Down Roles In RegistrationWordPress extension · Madirisalmanaashish
CVE-2024-49217
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in madiriaashish Adding drop down roles in registration user-drop-down-roles-in-registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Adding drop down roles in registration: from n/a through <= 1.1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the user registration functionality where a dropdown menu allows users to self-assign roles. Since there's no server-side validation restricting role selection during registration, an attacker can register with an elevated role (such as admin) and gain unauthorized access to privileged functionality.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Adding Drop Down Roles In RegistrationWordPress extension
<= 1.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if the vulnerable plugin is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory or administration panel for 'Adding Drop Down Roles In Registration' by Madirisalmanaashish, and determine the installed version numberAffected if The plugin is installed and version is 1.1 or lower
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Locate the user registration formAccess your website's user registration page and inspect the HTML form elements to identify if a role selection dropdown exists in the registration formAffected if A role dropdown menu is present in the registration form
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Verify server-side role validationReview the plugin's PHP code, specifically the registration handler functions, to check if server-side validation restricts role selection to only low-privilege rolesAffected if No server-side validation exists, or the code allows any role to be assigned during registration
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Test role assignment during registrationSubmit a test registration request with an elevated role parameter (such as administrator or admin) and verify if the account is created with that elevated role without admin approvalAffected if A new account can be registered with administrator or other elevated privileges
A user is affected if the 'Adding Drop Down Roles In Registration' plugin version 1.1 or lower is installed and the registration form contains a role dropdown that allows self-assignment of elevated roles without server-side validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRemove the role dropdown from the registration form entirely, or implement server-side whitelisting to only allow low-privilege roles (e.g., 'user') during registration. Any role assignment beyond the default should require admin approval.
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