PT-2023-17316 · WordPress · Directorist

Alex Thomas · Published 2023-06-09 · Updated 2023-06-16 · CVE-2023-1888

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Directorist plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 7.5.4

Description The issue is caused by a lack of validation checks within the login.php file, allowing authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to reset the password of an arbitrary user and gain elevated privileges.

Recommendations For Directorist plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 7.5.4, update to a version that includes the necessary validation checks to prevent arbitrary user password resets. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting subscriber-level permissions to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-1888

Affected Products

Directorist

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1888 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1888 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920100/directorist · Note
• https://wordfence.com/blog/2023/06/critical-security-update-directorist-wordpress-plugin-patches-two-high-risk-vulnerabilities · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01943559-e05b-4dca-b322-d880b2729ee7?source=cve · Note