CVE-2023-5448
WP Register Profile With Shortcode <= 3.5.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Reset
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Jan 11, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 6, 2023
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP Register Profile With Shortcodeavimegladon |
|
References
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