CVE-2021-24527
The User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.9 has a bug allowing any user to reset the password of the admin of the blog, and gain unauthorised access, due to a bypass in the way the reset key is checked.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.9 has a bug allowing any user to reset the password of the admin of the blog, and gain unauthorised access, due to a bypass in the way the reset key is checked. Furthermore, the admin will not be notified of such change by email for example.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.63% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- cozmoslabs/profile builder
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c142e738-bc4b-4058-a03e-1be6fca47207Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c142e738-bc4b-4058-a03e-1be6fca47207Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.