{"id":"CVE-2023-1888","summary":"Directorist \u003c= 7.5.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Password Reset to Privilege Escalation","details":"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.","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:24.230330973Z","published":"2023-06-09T05:33:09.400Z","database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"7.5.4"}]}],"cna_assigner":"Wordfence","cwe_ids":["CWE-20"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1888.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920100/directorist"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01943559-e05b-4dca-b322-d880b2729ee7?source=cve"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1888.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1888"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/06/critical-security-update-directorist-wordpress-plugin-patches-two-high-risk-vulnerabilities/"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/sovware/directorist","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"d659b9a317cc64a744e5531703a2c45cb907916f"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.5.4"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:wpwax:directorist:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*"}}],"versions":["v7.5.4","v7.5.3","v7.5.1","v7.4.6","v7.4.5","v7.4.3","v7.4.2","v7.4.1","v7.4.0","v7.3.3","v7.3.2","v7.3.1.2","v7.3.1","v7.3.0","v7.2.2","v7.2.1","v7.2.0","v7.1.2","v7.1.1","v7.1.0","v7.0.8","v7.0.7","v7.0.6.3","v7.0.6.2","v7.0.6.1","v7.0.6","v7.0.5.6","v7.0.5.4","v7.0.5.3","v7.0.5.2","v7.0.5.1","v7.0.5","v7.0.4.1","released-v7.0.4","v7.0.3.3","v7.0.3.2","v7.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-1888.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}