Is CVE-2024-1290 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-1290 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-1290?

CVE-2024-1290 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-1290?

CVE-2024-1290 has an EPSS score of 0.55% (42th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1290?

Upgrade user registration forms to 2.12 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-1290

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

user registration formsNVD

Affected:< 2.12Fixed in:2.12CVE-2024-1290derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.55%probability of exploitation in 30 days

42ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 42% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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