CVE-2021-24527

Profile Builder <= 3.4.8 - Admin Access via Password Reset

criticalImproper Authentication

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

3.4.9

Patched in

918d

Time to patch

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.4.9

PublishedJuly 19, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginprofile-builder

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/63c74d96-84da-408f-ba2c-cde0ff108bf1?source=api-prod

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