CVE-2023-2297 | Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism
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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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-2297 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%).Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB).Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-2297
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-2297
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).