FKIE_CVE-2021-24527

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-16 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.9 has a bug allowing any user to reset the password of the admin of the blog, and gain unauthorised access, due to a bypass in the way the reset key is checked. Furthermore, the admin will not be notified of such change by email for example.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c142e738-bc4b-4058-a03e-1be6fca47207Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c142e738-bc4b-4058-a03e-1be6fca47207Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cozmoslabs profile_builder *
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          "vendor": "Unknown",
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    },
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:11.140",
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