Profile Builder <= 3.10.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure via user_meta Shortcode

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-6504
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published January 5, 2024
Last Updated July 29, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the wppb_toolbox_usermeta_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 3.10.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to expose sensitive information within user metadata.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug profile-builder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.10.6
Patched Version
  • 3.10.8
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