CVE-2023-5448

WP Register Profile With Shortcode <= 3.5.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Reset

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.

Affected

avimegladon · WP Register Profile With Shortcode

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 24th percentile

Published

2024-01-11

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5448-wp-register-profile-with-shortcode-csrf-to-p…

Security advisories

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca564941-4780-4da2-b937-c9bd459…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018102

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry