Cross-Site Request Forgery in UserPro Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2440

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Userpro - Community And User Profile WordPress Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 November 2023

What is CVE-2023-2440?

The UserPro plugin for WordPress has a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated attackers to exploit missing nonce validation in critical functions. Attackers can elevate the user privileges of verified users by tricking site administrators into executing malicious requests. This vulnerability exists in versions of the plugin up to and including 5.1.1, creating risks for user role modifications and potential unauthorized access.

Affected Version(s)

UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin * <= 5.1.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-so...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

István Márton
.