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CVE-2026-12158: RegistrationMagic <= 6.0.9.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation via 'rmc_assign_user_role_action' Parameter
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-01 · updated 2026-07-01
- Weakness: CWE-352
Description
The RegistrationMagic – User Registration Forms Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.9.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_request function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate the privileges of an arbitrary form submitter to administrator by creating a malicious Chronos automation task that is executed via WordPress cron via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products
- Metagauss RegistrationMagic: through 6.0.9.1
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/tags/6.0.8.9/plus/chronos/controllers/task_controller.php#L63
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/tags/6.0.8.9/plus/chronos/libs/rm_chronos.php#L277
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/tags/6.0.8.9/plus/chronos/libs/task.php#L176
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager/tags/6.0.8.9/plus/chronos/services/service.php#L43
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3579552%40custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager&new=3579552%40custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef7aff85-e1ca-47ce-86e9-a0fe356993a1?source=cve
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