CVE-2023-0940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

ProfileGrid

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00356.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/56744f72-2d48-4f42-8195-24b4dd951bb5

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-20T15:52:16.823Z

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

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

Link: CVE-2023-0940

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2023-0940

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-863

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