Profile Builder <= 3.4.8 - Admin Access via Password Reset

Improper Authentication
CVE CVE-2021-24527
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published July 19, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Stiofan
Description

The User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.9 has a bug allowing any user to reset the password of the admin of the blog, and gain unauthorised access, due to a bypass in the way the reset key is checked. Furthermore, the admin will not be notified of such change by email for example.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug profile-builder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.9
Patched Version
  • 3.4.9
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