RegistrationMagic <= 6.0.7.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via admin_order
The RegistrationMagic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.7.1. This is due to the 'add_menu' function is accessible via the 'rm_user_exists' AJAX action and allows arbitrary updates to the 'admin_order' setting. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to injecting an empty slug into the order parameter, and manipulate the plugin's menu generation logic, and when the admin menu is subsequently built, the plugin adds 'manage_options' capability for the target role. Note: The vulnerability can only be exploited unauthenticated, but further privilege escalation requires at least a subscriber user.
- Published
- Jan 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.7% · 76th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-269
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Report tools
Action score
40
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.7%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Wordfence
- 9.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
metagauss RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login
- up to and including 6.0.7.1affected · semver
Same product
metagauss: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-12158RegistrationMagic <= 6.0.9.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation via 'rmc_assign_user_role_action' Parameter35Monitor
- CVE-2025-11204RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login <= 6.0.6.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection28Monitor
- CVE-2025-13610RegistrationMagic <= 6.0.6.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'RM_Forms' Shortcode25Monitor
- CVE-2025-2836RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login <= 6.0.4.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting25Monitor
- CVE-2026-9242RegistrationMagic <= 6.0.8.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Forged PayPal IPN Request21Monitor
- CVE-2025-14444RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login <= 6.0.6.9 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via rm_process_paypal_sdk_21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Nuclei detection template ×1
- Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2025-15403 | — |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2026-04-18 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- First PoC+91 d
- TodaySep 30, 2026+257 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege ManagementCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-269 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
kind: ClusterRolerules: - apiGroups: ["*"] resources: ["*"] verbs: ["*"]Fixed
kind: Rolemetadata: namespace: lodos-systemrules: - apiGroups: ["apps"] resources: ["deployments"] verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/trunk/admin/class_rm_admin.php#L487
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/trunk/admin/controllers/class_rm_options_controller.php#L562
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3440797/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager#file2
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68dd9f6f-ccee-4a27-bd21-2fb32b92cc62?source=cve
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.