CVE-2023-2297

CRITICAL

Cozmoslabs Profile Builder < 3.9.0 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

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.

References (4)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://lana.codes/lanavdb/512e7307-04a5-4d8b-8f79-f75f37784a9f/

[Patch] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2864329%40profile-builder&new=2864329%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/03/vulnerability-patched-in-cozmolabs-profile-builder-plugin-information-disclosure-leads-to-account-takeover/

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e731292a-4f95-46eb-889e-b00d58f3444e?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0065

EPSS Percentile 71.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-287 CWE-620

Status published

Products (2)

cozmoslabs/profile_builder < 3.9.0

cozmoslabs/User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor < 3.9.0

Published Apr 27, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026