CVE-2023-5448

HIGH

WP Register Profile With Shortcode <= 3.5.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via Password Update Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.5.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_password_validate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset a user's password via a forged request granted they can trick the user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 24.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (2)
avimegladon/WP Register Profile With Shortcode < 3.5.9
aviplugins/wp_register_profile_with_shortcode < 3.5.9
Published Jan 11, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026