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CVE-2023-2446: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to sensitive user meta values in versions up to and including 5.1.1. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-2446 and was disclosed on November 22, 2023. The vulnerability affects the UserPro plugin, which is a user profile and community WordPress plugin (CodeCanyon).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient restriction on sensitive user meta values that can be called via a shortcode. This security flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive user information. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8 CRITICAL (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability can expose sensitive user meta values to unauthorized users. The vulnerability can be leveraged in combination with other vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-2448 and CVE-2023-2437) to gain access to user email addresses and potentially execute further attacks (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update to a version newer than UserPro 5.1.1 if available. The latest version (5.1.10) released on January 23, 2025, includes security fixes (CodeCanyon).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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