CVE-2021-24527

Profile Builder < 3.4.9 - Admin Access via Password Reset

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.

Affected

User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

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, 95th 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