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CVE-2023-49831: WordPress RegistrationMagic plugin <= 5.2.3.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.57% (FIRST EPSS).
  • 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.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Metagauss RegistrationMagic 5.2.3.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Metagauss RegistrationMagic 5.2.3.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Metagauss RegistrationMagic custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects RegistrationMagic: from n/a through <= 5.2.3.0.

Published
Dec 9, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 47th percentile

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.5
CNA · Patchstack
7.5
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
metagaussregistrationmagic

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.

  • Metagauss RegistrationMagic

    • up to and including 5.2.3.0affectedfixed in 5.2.3.1

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • metagauss registrationmagicbefore 5.2.3.1

Same product

metagauss: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-24862RegistrationMagic < 5.0.1.6 - Admin+ SQL Injection
    50Plan
  • CVE-2026-73341WordPress RegistrationMagic plugin <= 6.0.9.7 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-49764WordPress RegistrationMagic plugin <= 6.0.8.6 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-43317Aug 19, 2024 · WordPress RegistrationMagic plugin <= 6.0.1.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    24Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-10508Nov 9, 2024 · RegistrationMagic – User Registration Plugin with Custom Registration Forms <= 6.0.2.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Recovery
    39Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-24686Jan 31, 2025 · WordPress RegistrationMagic Plugin <= 6.0.3.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Metagauss RegistrationMagic5.2.3.1Vendor (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.

Credits

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  • lttnPatchstack Bug Bounty Programfinder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-25935243 days apartWordPress RegistrationMagic plugin <= 5.2.5.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-1991244 days apartRegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login <= 5.3.0.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-32498471 days apartWordPress RegistrationMagic plugin <= 6.0.7.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-32385459 days apartWordPress RegistrationMagic plugin <= 6.0.7.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    21Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

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
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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