User Registration Plugin up to 3.0.1 on WordPress profile-pic-url deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in User Registration Plugin up to 3.0.1 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation of the argument profile-pic-url can lead to deserialization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-3343. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in User Registration Plugin up to 3.0.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument profile-pic-url with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 via deserialization of untrusted input from the 'profile-pic-url' parameter. This allows authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

The weakness was presented 07/13/2023. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-3343 since 06/20/2023. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
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VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/20/2023 🔍
07/13/2023 +23 days 🔍
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04/10/2026 +1002 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 2932199
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-3343 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-3343
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-233938

Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2023 08:57
Updated: 04/10/2026 09:38
Changes: 07/13/2023 08:57 (48), 08/02/2023 14:14 (1), 04/10/2026 09:38 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:ED3:103

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