# CVE-2023-4059: Profile Builder < 3.9.8 - Unauthenticated Plugin's Pages Creation

> Unauthenticated attackers can create plugin pages due to missing authorization and CSRF checks in the Profile Builder WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8xqw-5jx9-crgq

## What is CVE-2023-4059?

CVE-2023-4059 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Profile Builder, published on 4 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.9.8 lacks authorisation and CSRF in its page creation function which allows unauthenticated users to create the register, log-in and edit-profile pages from the plugin on the blog

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4059?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cozmoslabs Profile Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4059?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4059 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-4059 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-4059 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Profile Builder

- [CVE-2024-6695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6695/): profile-builder <= 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2297](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2297/): Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24527/): Profile Builder < 3.4.9 - Admin Access via Password Reset (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-6366](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6366/): User Profile Builder < 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Media Upload (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-22140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22140/): WordPress Profile Builder Pro Plugin <= 3.10.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4059 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4059 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Profile Builder, published on 4 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-4059 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Profile Builder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4059/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4059/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4059
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4059
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4059

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4059/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.