CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe Paid Membership Plugin for WordPress prior to version 4.16.18 is vulnerable due to inconsistent enforcement of role restrictions in its front-end registration process, allowing unauthenticated users to register with elevated roles such as Editor or Author. This vulnerability poses a significant risk as it can lead to unauthorized access and potential manipulation of site content. WordPress site administrators using this plugin should prioritize updating to the latest version to mitigate this security threat.
Original NVD Description
The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.16.18 does not consistently enforce the role restriction configured on its front-end registration role-selection field. The set of roles offered to the visitor and the set of roles the registration handler accepts are derived by two different parsers, and for some valid ways of configuring the offered roles the handler ignores the restriction and falls back to accepting any non-administrator role. Combined with the absence of a nonce on the public registration handler, this allows an unauthenticated visitor to register an account with a higher role, such as Editor or Author, than the form was configured to offer.