WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Pie Register < 3.8.4.16 - Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Reset and Redirect Data Destruction

Description

The plugin does not perform any capability, nonce or authentication check on one of its request handlers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the plugin's settings to their defaults (disabling registration security controls such as new-user email verification) and to destroy a plugin data table.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 3.8.4.16

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Usama Arshad
Submitter
Usama Arshad
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-11-05 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-29 (about 9 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-04 (about 3 days ago)

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