User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder: A security weakness
User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder
- Plugin slug
profile-builder- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 16, 2021
This CVE was published Aug 16, 2021 and is one of 23 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H