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CVE-2023-1888

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2023-06-09 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 Platforms

Wpwax Directorist

Weakness Type

CWE-20, CWE-20

References