WP Register Profile With Shortcode <= 3.5.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Reset

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-5448
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-01-11 04:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 19:18:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.003240000 probability, percentile 0.247410000 (date 2026-07-22)

Problem Types: CWE-352 | NVD-CWE-Other | CWE-352 CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aviplugins Wp Register Profile With Shortcode All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Avimegladon WP Register Profile With Shortcode affected 3.5.9 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018102 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca564941-4780-4da2-b937-c9bd4... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Product, Third Party Advisory
research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5448-wp-register-profile-with-shortcode-csrf-to-pass... [email protected] research.cleantalk.org
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: Dmitrii Ignatyev (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2023-10-06T00:00:00.000ZVendor Notified
CNA2024-01-10T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed

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