Profile Builder Plugin up to 3.9.0 on WordPress wppb_front_end_password_recovery unverified password change

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Profile Builder Plugin up to 3.9.0 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function wppb_front_end_password_recovery. Such manipulation leads to unverified password change. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-2297. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Profile Builder Plugin up to 3.9.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function wppb_front_end_password_recovery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unverified password change vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-620. When setting a new password for a user, the product does not require knowledge of the original password, or using another form of authentication. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 04/27/2023. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-2297 since 04/26/2023. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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CNA Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unverified password change
CWE: CWE-620 / CWE-640
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/26/2023 🔍
04/27/2023 +1 days 🔍
04/27/2023 +0 days 🔍
05/20/2023 +23 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-2297 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-227546

Entryinfo

Created: 04/27/2023 07:05
Updated: 05/20/2023 17:35
Changes: 04/27/2023 07:05 (48), 05/20/2023 17:35 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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