CVE-2023-1888

Published: Jun 9, 2023Modified: Apr 8, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

The Directorist plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an arbitrary user password reset in versions up to, and including, 7.5.4. This is due to a lack of validation checks within login.php. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to reset the password of an arbitrary user and gain elevated (e.g., administrator) privileges.

Affected (1)

Products: Wpwax: Directorist

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wpwax Directorist	Up to 7.5.4

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (5)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920100/directorist

Source: security@wordfence.com

Issue Tracking

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/06/critical-security-update-directorist-wordpress-plugin-patches-two-high-risk-vulnerabilities/

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01943559-e05b-4dca-b322-d880b2729ee7?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

Third Party Advisory

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920100/directorist

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01943559-e05b-4dca-b322-d880b2729ee7?source=cve

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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