{"cve":"CVE-2023-1888","nvd":{"published":"2023-06-09T06:15:58.410","modified":"2026-06-17T05:28:58.140","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920100/directorist","https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/06/critical-security-update-directorist-wordpress-plugin-patches-two-high-risk-vulnerabilities/","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01943559-e05b-4dca-b322-d880b2729ee7?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2920100/directorist","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/01943559-e05b-4dca-b322-d880b2729ee7?source=cve"],"products":["wpwax:directorist"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:24.161619714+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-1888","score":0.00984,"percentile":0.62341,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}