CVE-2023-4915
The WP User Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized password resets in versions up to, and including 1.5.3.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The WP User Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized password resets in versions up to, and including 1.5.3. This is due to the plugin using native password reset functionality, with insufficient validation on the password reset function (in the WP User Control Widget). The function changes the user's password after providing the email. The new password is only sent to the user's email, so the attacker does not have access to the new password.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-620
- Affected
- palmspark/wp user control
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-control/tags/1.5.3/inc/WPUserControlWidget.php#L893Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4ca1736-7b99-49db-9367-586dbc14df41?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-control/tags/1.5.3/inc/WPUserControlWidget.php#L893Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4ca1736-7b99-49db-9367-586dbc14df41?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.