CVE-2017-20208
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Dat
Publication date:
18/10/2025
Last modified:
19/12/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:registrationmagic:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 3.7.9.3 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1733274/custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/10/3-zero-day-plugin-vulnerabilities-exploited-wild/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2b79193-f8fc-4ea2-8973-fe292cfb926b?source=cve



