CVE-2023-2297
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.99% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-620, CWE-287
- Affected
- cozmoslabs/profile builder
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://lana.codes/lanavdb/512e7307-04a5-4d8b-8f79-f75f37784a9f/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2864329%40profile-builder&new=2864329%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/03/vulnerability-patched-in-cozmolabs-profile-builder-plugin-information-disclosure-leads-to-account-takeover/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e731292a-4f95-46eb-889e-b00d58f3444e?source=cvePatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lana.codes/lanavdb/512e7307-04a5-4d8b-8f79-f75f37784a9f/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2864329%40profile-builder&new=2864329%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/03/vulnerability-patched-in-cozmolabs-profile-builder-plugin-information-disclosure-leads-to-account-takeover/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e731292a-4f95-46eb-889e-b00d58f3444e?source=cvePatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.