# CVE-2024-6695: profile-builder <= 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

> An attacker can gain administrative access and perform unauthorized actions on the site due to improper logic in the user registration process.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 31 Jul 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8qjv-hp27-6g2r

## What is CVE-2024-6695?

CVE-2024-6695 is a critical vulnerability in Unknown User Profile Builder, published on 31 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

it's possible for an attacker to gain administrative access without having any kind of account on the targeted site and perform unauthorized actions. This is due to improper logic flow on the user registration process.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6695?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cozmoslabs Profile Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6695?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6695 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6695 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6695 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Profile Builder

- [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)
- [CVE-2024-0324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0324/): Missing authorization in User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6695 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6695 is a critical vulnerability in Unknown User Profile Builder, published on 31 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6695 exists.

Affected product: Unknown User 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-2024-6695/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6695/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6695
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6695
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6695

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6695/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.