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CVE-2023-5448: WP Register Profile With Shortcode <= 3.5.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Reset

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

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 products

• avimegladon WP Register Profile With Shortcode: through 3.5.9

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018102
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5448-wp-register-profile-with-shortcode-csrf-to-password-reset-poc/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca564941-4780-4da2-b937-c9bd45966d81?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018102
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca564941-4780-4da2-b937-c9bd45966d81?source=cve

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