CVE-2023-5448

The 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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018102	Patch
https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5448-wp-register-profile-with-shortcode-csrf-to-password-reset-poc/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca564941-4780-4da2-b937-c9bd45966d81?source=cve	Product Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018102	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca564941-4780-4da2-b937-c9bd45966d81?source=cve	Product Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:aviplugins:wp_register_profile_with_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-01-11 04:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 06:48

NVD link : CVE-2023-5448

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5448

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5448

JSON object : View

Products Affected

aviplugins

wp_register_profile_with_shortcode

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

NVD-CWE-Other

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