CVE-2024-53810
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in N-Media Simple User Registration wp-registration allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Simple User Registration: from n/a through <= 5.5.
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 confidenceThe N-Media Simple User Registration WordPress plugin (wp-registration) has a missing authorization vulnerability where certain functionality is not properly constrained by access control lists. This allows users to access administrative or privileged functions they should not have permission to access, potentially enabling privilege escalation or unauthorized data access.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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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Confirm plugin installationNavigate to WordPress Admin Dashboard > Plugins and locate 'Simple User Registration' or 'wp-registration' in the installed plugins listAffected if The plugin is installed and active in the WordPress environment
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Identify plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on the plugin details or view the plugin header comment in wp-content/plugins/wp-registration/registration.php to read the Version fieldAffected if The installed version is older than the patched version released for CVE-2024-53810
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Verify unauthenticated access capabilityAttempt to access plugin endpoints directly without logging in or with a low-privilege user account - examine if registration, profile update, or admin functions are reachable without proper authorization headersAffected if The plugin allows access to administrative functions or user data without requiring proper authentication or authorization checks
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Check user role permissionsCreate or use a standard subscriber-level user account and test whether they can access wp-admin/admin.php?page=nm_registration_settings or similar admin routes that should be restricted to administratorsAffected if Low-privilege users can access plugin settings or administrative functionality they should not have permission to reach
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Inspect plugin capability checksReview the plugin PHP source code for missing current_user_can() or capability checks before executing sensitive functions in files within the wp-content/plugins/wp-registration/ directoryAffected if The code lacks proper capability checks before performing privileged operations such as user role changes, option updates, or data exports
Your environment is affected if the Simple User Registration plugin is installed and low-privilege users can access administrative functions or sensitive data without proper authorization 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 dataUpdate the Simple User Registration plugin to the latest version immediately. If no patched version is available, disable the plugin or restrict access through web server configuration until a fix can be applied.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-53810 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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