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Directorist – WordPress Business Directory Plugin with Classified Ads Listings, CVE-2023-1888

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2023-1888

Published on
Jun 09, 2023
Research 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 versions
max 7.5.5.
Status
vulnerable