CVE-2021-24527

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.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

7.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-287

Published

2021-08-16

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c142e738-bc4b-4058-a03e-1be6fca47207

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24527.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-24526
• CVE-2021-24528
• CVE-2021-24525
• CVE-2021-24529
• CVE-2021-24524
• CVE-2021-24530