CVE-2023-2499 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the RegistrationMagic WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 5.2.1.0. This flaw stems from insufficient verification during Google social logins, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, if they know the target's email address. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:registrationmagic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.