Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-2297
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-27 00:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 19:18:14 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.002410000 probability, percentile 0.473900000 (date 2026-04-09)

Problem Types: CWE-620 | CWE-287 | CWE-620 CWE-620 Unverified Password Change

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cozmoslabs Profile Builder All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Cozmoslabs User Profile Builder Beautiful User Registration Forms User Profiles User Role Editor affected 3.9.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Profile Builder by Cozmoslabs WordPress plugin Authentication Bypass – Lana Codes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lana.codes Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechnism af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability Patched in Cozmolabs Profile Builder Plugin - Information Disclosure Leads to Account Takeover af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: István Márton (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2023-02-08T00:00:00.000ZVendor Notified
CNA2023-02-13T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed
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