# CVE-2023-6008: UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via multiple functions

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit CSRF to add, modify, or delete user meta and plugin options in the UserPro WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 22 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9jqw-c7jc-7p6v

## What is CVE-2023-6008?

CVE-2023-6008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin, published on 22 Nov 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 UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on multiple functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify, or delete user meta and plugin options.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6008?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Userproplugin Userpro.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6008?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin

- [CVE-2024-35700](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35700/): WordPress UserPro plugin <= 5.1.8 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2437/): UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Authentication Bypass to Administrator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2449](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2449/): UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-16562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16562/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2440/): UserPro <= 5.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6008 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin, published on 22 Nov 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: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: UserPro - Community and User Profile WordPress Plugin. 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-2023-6008/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6008/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6008
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6008
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6008

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6008/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.