CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-0940

8.8 HIGH Published 2023-03-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-03-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-863

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.

Affected configurations

• metagauss profilegrid (< 5.3.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References