CVE-2023-5448

high

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.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca564941-4780-4da2-b937-c9bd45966d81?source=cve

https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5448-wp-register-profile-with-shortcode-csrf-to-password-reset-poc/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018102

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-01-11

Updated: 2026-04-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00877