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CVE-2023-6504: Profile Builder <= 3.10.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure via user_meta Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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-639

Description

The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the wppb_toolbox_usermeta_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 3.10.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to expose sensitive information within user metadata.

Affected products

• cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor: through 3.10.7

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3012472/profile-builder
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f515ccf8-7231-4728-b155-c47049087d42?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3012472/profile-builder
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f515ccf8-7231-4728-b155-c47049087d42?source=cve

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