CVE-2021-24527 Profile Builder < 3.4.9 - Admin Access via Password Reset

What is CVE-2021-24527?

CVE-2021-24527 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24527?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cozmoslabs Profile Builder.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24527?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2021-24527 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24527 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder

• CVE-2024-6695 profile-builder <= 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-2297 Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-6366 User Profile Builder < 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Media Upload Critical 9.1
• CVE-2024-22140 WordPress Profile Builder Pro Plugin <= 3.10.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) High 8.8
• CVE-2024-0324 Missing authorization in User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor High 8.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-cjhq-3qxp-7658.