CVE-2023-0940

Published Mar 20, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.3.1 provides an AJAX endpoint for resetting a user password but does not implement proper authorization. This allows a user with low privileges, such as subscriber, to change the password of any account, including Administrator ones.
Source: contact@wpscan.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 8.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-863

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F927A555-3243-4F33-993A-C19CCD3D1D78",
            "versionEndExcluding": "5.3.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References