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CVE-2023-2297

Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism

Published: Apr 26, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-287
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 40.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Nuclei

Description

The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized password resets in versions up to, and including 3.9.0. This is due to the plugin using native password reset functionality, with insufficient validation on the password reset function (wppb_front_end_password_recovery). The function uses the plaintext value of a password reset key instead of a hashed value which means it can easily be retrieved and subsequently used. An attacker can leverage CVE-2023-0814, or another vulnerability like SQL Injection in another plugin or theme installed on the site to successfully exploit this vulnerability.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected Products

cozmoslabs
commercial
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role EditorOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins
profile builderOn-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e731292a-4f95-46eb-889e-b00d58f3444e?source=cve
wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2864329%40profile-builder&new=2864329%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://lana.codes/lanavdb/512e7307-04a5-4d8b-8f79-f75f37784a9f/
lana.codes
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