CVE•Published 2024-04-09•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2024-1991Metagauss · Registrationmagic

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 47% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862Missing Authorization

Description

The RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the update_users_role() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator

Timeline

Published 2024-04-09

Modified 2026-04-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2024-1991

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/registrationmagic/"

Matches any site loading the "registrationmagic" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Metagauss Registrationmagic"

All exposed Metagauss Registrationmagic instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Registrationmagic"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Registrationmagic" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.