Formidable Registration < 2.12 - Contributor+ Arbitrary User Password Reset To Account Takeover
Priority LOW 30Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The User Registration WordPress plugin before 2.12 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from rendering sensitive shortcodes, allowing them to generate, and leak, valid password reset URLs, which they can use to take over any accounts.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00554 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed User Registration (Unknown): 2.12
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | User Registration | before 2.12 | 2.12 | Patch available | CNA |
- User Registration VendorUnknown Affected before 2.12 Fixed in 2.12 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:strategy11:user_registration_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.12 | Vulnerable | strategy11team |
- cpe:2.3:a:strategy11:user_registration_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.12 Vulnerable ·strategy11team
Remediation
- Fix · CNA User Registration (Unknown) Fixed in 2.12
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1290
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hgjm-23r8-g35c
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-1290 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-1290 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hgjm-23r8-g35c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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