CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe Themehunk Login Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create accounts with elevated permissions, specifically the editor role, if public user registration is enabled. This vulnerability arises from insufficient validation of the user-controlled 'role' parameter in the plugin's REST endpoint. WordPress site administrators using this plugin should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access and potential exploitation.
Original NVD Description
The Themehunk Login Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This is due to the handle_frontend_register() function in the unauthenticated /thlogin/v1/register REST endpoint accepting a user-controlled 'role' parameter and validating it only against get_editable_roles() — which returns every defined editable site role, including 'editor' — before passing it to wp_insert_user(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, when public user registration is enabled, to create new accounts with the editor role.