High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-5448

Description

The WP Register Profile With Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.5.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_password_validate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset a user's password via a forged request granted they can trick the user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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Affected products

aviplugins.com/Wp Register Profile With Shortcode
cpe:2.3:a:aviplugins:wp_register_profile_with_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=3.5.9
WordPress/Wp Register Profile With Shortcodellm-fuzzy
Range: <=3.5.9
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-register-profile-with-shortcode

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3018102nvdPatch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca564941-4780-4da2-b937-c9bd45966d81nvdProductThird Party Advisory
research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5448-wp-register-profile-with-shortcode-csrf-to-password-reset-poc/nvd

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