User Profile Builder <= 3.10.8 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change via wppb_two_factor_authentication_settings_update

8.2
Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2024-0324
CVSS 8.2 (High)
Publicly Published January 16, 2024
Last Updated February 5, 2024
Researcher kodaichodai

Description

The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wppb_two_factor_authentication_settings_update' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.10.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable or disable the 2FA functionality present in the Premium version of the plugin for arbitrary user roles.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug profile-builder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.10.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.10.8
Patched Version
  • 3.10.9

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