WordPress User Registration plugin <= 4.0.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in wpeverest User Registration user-registration allows Stored XSS.This issue affects User Registration: from n/a through <= 4.0.3.
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- Mar 27, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 21th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
19
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 19 / 40 · 4.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 4.8
- CNA · Patchstack
- 5.9
- 1.1 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| wpeverest | user registration \& membership | cpe:2.3:a:wpeverest:user_registration_\&_membership |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- wpeverest user registration & membershipbefore 4.0.4
- wpeverest user registration & membershipbefore 5.0.4
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
wpeverest User Registration
- up to and including 4.0.3affectedfixed in 4.0.4
Same product
wpeverest: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-2563User Registration & Membership < 4.1.2- Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation47Plan
- CVE-2025-2594User Registration & Membership < 4.1.3 - Authentication Bypass35Monitor
- CVE-2023-27459WordPress User Registration plugin <= 2.3.2.1 - Authenticated PHP Object Injection vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2025-39400WordPress User Registration plugin < 4.2.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability24Monitor
- CVE-2024-1720User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin <= 3.1.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting24Monitor
- CVE-2025-3282User Registration & Membership – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile <= 4.1.3 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Membershi21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| wpeverest User Registration | 4.0.4 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
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.
No dated events beyond publication.
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.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Ayato ShitomiFore-Z co.ltdfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-3940028 days apartWordPress User Registration plugin < 4.2.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability24Monitor
- CVE-2024-1720385 days apartUser Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin <= 3.1.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting24Monitor
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.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.