Description
The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized password resets in versions up to, and including 3.9.0. This is due to the plugin using native password reset functionality, with insufficient validation on the password reset function (wppb_front_end_password_recovery). The function uses the plaintext value of a password reset key instead of a hashed value which means it can easily be retrieved and subsequently used. An attacker can leverage CVE-2023-0814, or another vulnerability like SQL Injection in another plugin or theme installed on the site to successfully exploit this vulnerability.
Published: 2023-04-26
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-33803 The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized password resets in versions up to, and including 3.9.0. This is due to the plugin using native password reset functionality, with insufficient validation on the password reset function (wppb_front_end_password_recovery). The function uses the plaintext value of a password reset key instead of a hashed value which means it can easily be retrieved and subsequently used. An attacker can leverage CVE-2023-0814, or another vulnerability like SQL Injection in another plugin or theme installed on the site to successfully exploit this vulnerability.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism
Weaknesses CWE-620

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Cozmoslabs Profile Builder
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:30:20.266Z

Reserved: 2023-04-26T10:59:01.452Z

Link: CVE-2023-2297

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:19:14.870Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-27T00:15:08.923

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:18:14.293

Link: CVE-2023-2297

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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