WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

User Rights Access Manager <= 1.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via AJAX Registration Handler

Description

The plugin does not restrict access to one of its AJAX account-registration handlers and assigns newly registered accounts a role that was created as a copy of the administrator role, allowing unauthenticated attackers to register an administrator-equivalent account and take over the site.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Enrico Marcolini, Claudio Marchesini, Dottor Marc
Submitter
Enrico Marcolini, Claudio Marchesini, Dottor Marc
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-13 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-10-13 (about 3 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-15 (about 14 hours ago)

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