CVE-2023-4059

Profile Builder < 3.9.8 - Unauthenticated Plugin's Pages Creation

View on CVE.org

Published Sep 4, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Profile Builder

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.9.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cozmoslabs:profile_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-53950	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

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.232% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842

History

Mar 6, 2025 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Cozmoslabs Profile Builder

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Mar 6, 2025, 4:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Sep 4, 2023, 11:26 AM
Updated: Mar 6, 2025, 4:06 PM
Reserved: Aug 1, 2023, 4:18 PM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:17 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:17 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 4, 2023, 12:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:37 AM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-4059", "assignerOrgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "WPScan", "dateReserved": "2023-08-01T16:18:46.718Z", "datePublished": "2023-09-04T11:26:55.285Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-03-06T16:06:23.944Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81", "shortName": "WPScan", "dateUpdated": "2023-09-04T23:14:25.497Z"}, "title": "Profile Builder < 3.9.8 - Unauthenticated Plugin's Pages Creation", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "CWE-862 Missing Authorization", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}, {"descriptions": [{"description": "CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "affected": [{"vendor": "Unknown", "product": "Profile Builder", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "versionType": "custom", "version": "0", "lessThan": "3.9.8"}], "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins"}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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"}], "references": [{"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842", "tags": ["exploit", "vdb-entry", "technical-description"]}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Mesh3l_911", "type": "finder"}, {"lang": "en", "value": "WPScan", "type": "coordinator"}], "source": {"discovery": "EXTERNAL"}, "x_generator": {"engine": "WPScan CVE Generator"}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T07:17:12.019Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842", "tags": ["exploit", "vdb-entry", "technical-description", "x_transferred"]}]}, {"references": [{"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842", "tags": ["exploit"]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 4.3, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}}, {"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2025-03-06T16:05:39.768180Z", "id": "CVE-2023-4059", "options": [{"Exploitation": "poc"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-03-06T16:06:23.944Z"}}]}}

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "containers": {"adp": [{"title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842", "tags": ["exploit", "vdb-entry", "technical-description", "x_transferred"]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T07:17:12.019Z"}}, {"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 4.3, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}}, {"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2023-4059", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "poc"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-03-06T16:05:39.768180Z"}}}], "references": [{"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842", "tags": ["exploit"]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-03-06T15:54:50.539Z"}}], "cna": {"title": "Profile Builder < 3.9.8 - Unauthenticated Plugin's Pages Creation", "source": {"discovery": "EXTERNAL"}, "credits": [{"lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "Mesh3l_911"}, {"lang": "en", "type": "coordinator", "value": "WPScan"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "Unknown", "product": "Profile Builder", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "3.9.8", "versionType": "custom"}], "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins", "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}], "references": [{"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842", "tags": ["exploit", "vdb-entry", "technical-description"]}], "x_generator": {"engine": "WPScan CVE Generator"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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"}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "description": "CWE-862 Missing Authorization"}]}, {"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "description": "CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81", "shortName": "WPScan", "dateUpdated": "2023-09-04T23:14:25.497Z"}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-4059", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2025-03-06T16:06:23.944Z", "dateReserved": "2023-08-01T16:18:46.718Z", "assignerOrgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81", "datePublished": "2023-09-04T11:26:55.285Z", "assignerShortName": "WPScan"}, "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "product": "Profile Builder", "vendor": "Unknown", "versions": [{"lessThan": "3.9.8", "status": "affected", "version": "0", "versionType": "custom"}]}], "source": "contact@wpscan.com"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cozmoslabs:profile_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "C4A365CC-2DF7-4631-AE56-71BE078F9148", "versionEndExcluding": "3.9.8", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El complemento Profile Builder de WordPress anterior a 3.9.8 carece de autorizaci\u00f3n y CSRF en su funci\u00f3n de creaci\u00f3n de p\u00e1ginas, lo que permite a usuarios no autenticados crear p\u00e1ginas de registro, inicio de sesi\u00f3n y edici\u00f3n de perfil desde el complemento en el blog."}], "id": "CVE-2023-4059", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:37:00.667", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 4.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 1.4, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 4.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 1.4, "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2023-4059", "options": [{"exploitation": "poc"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2025-03-06T16:05:39.768180Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2023-09-04T12:15:10.110", "references": [{"source": "contact@wpscan.com", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842"}, {"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc719d12-2f58-4d1f-b696-0f937e706842"}], "sourceIdentifier": "contact@wpscan.com", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-352"}, {"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-862"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}