Profile Builder < 3.4.9 - Admin Access via Password Reset
CVE-2021-24527

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 August 2021

Summary

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.

Affected Version(s)

User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder 3.4.9

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c142e738-bc4b-4058-a03e-...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Stiofan
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