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.
Published: 2023-03-20
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-12926 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.
History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Metagauss Profilegrid
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-26T19:05:40.403Z

Reserved: 2023-02-21T15:17:48.691Z

Link: CVE-2023-0940

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:45.037Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-20T16:15:12.950

Modified: 2025-02-26T19:15:16.033

Link: CVE-2023-0940

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses