CVE-2017-20208 (GCVE-0-2017-20208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-18 03:33 – Updated: 2025-10-20 16:00
VLAI?
Title
RegistrationMagic - Custom Registration Forms <= 3.7.9.2 - PHP Object Injection
Summary
The RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to 3.7.9.3 (exclusive) via deserialization of untrusted input from the is_expired_by_date() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain allows attackers to fetch a remote file and install it on the site.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
metagauss RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login Affected: * , < 3.7.9.3 (semver)
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Credits
Brad Haas
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