{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1888 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-1888 is a high-severity vulnerability in wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings \u0026 Classified Ads, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1888 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-1888 is a high-severity vulnerability in wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings \u0026 Classified Ads, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1888 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: wpwax Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings \u0026 Classified Ads. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1888/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-1888","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1888/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-1888","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-8w55-5xrc-rc8m"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated subscribers can reset arbitrary user passwords to gain administrator privileges in the Directorist WordPress plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"directorist","vendor":"wpwax"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"description":"The Directorist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an arbitrary user password reset in versions up to, and including, 7.5.4. This is due to a lack of validation checks within login.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to reset the password of an arbitrary user and gain elevated (e.g., administrator) privileges.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Directorist \u003c= 7.5.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Password Reset to Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-1888","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Missing authorization in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings \u0026 Classified Ads","id":"CVE-2023-1889"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Business Logic Errors in thorsten/phpmyfaq","id":"CVE-2023-1887"},"products":["Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings \u0026 Classified Ads"],"published":"2023-06-09","related":[{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Auth bypass in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings \u0026 Classified Ads","id":"CVE-2025-1570","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-28"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Directorist – Business Directory Plugin \u003c 7.0.6.2 - CSRF to Remote File Upload","id":"CVE-2021-24981","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-12-21"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Missing authorization in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings \u0026 Classified Ads","id":"CVE-2023-1889","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-06-09"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Directorist \u003c 7.4.4 - Subscriber+ Sensitive Information Disclosure","id":"CVE-2022-3961","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-12-19"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Directorist \u003c 7.4.2.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary User Password Update via IDOR","id":"CVE-2022-3930","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-12-12"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Information disclosure in Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings \u0026 Classified Ads","id":"CVE-2024-12041","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["wpwax"]},"summary":"Authenticated subscribers can reset arbitrary user passwords to gain administrator privileges in the Directorist WordPress plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1888/"}