CVE-2024-1720: The User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Display Name' parameter in al

medium Affects user-registration (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2024-03-07; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Display Name' parameter in al

Package: user-registration (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <3.1.5
Fixed in: 3.1.5
Severity: medium CVSS 4.7
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (45.7th percentile)
Published: 2024-03-07
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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