Build App Online <= 1.0.22 - Account Takeover via Weak Password Reset Mechanism

8.1
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
CVE CVE-2023-7264
CVSS 8.1 (High)
Publicly Published December 27, 2023
Last Updated December 6, 2024
Researcher Ram - Wordfence

Description

The Build App Online plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to account takeover due to a weak password reset mechanism in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.22. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of arbitrary users by guessing an 4-digit numeric reset code.

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Vulnerability Details for Build App Online

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug build-app-online (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.0.23, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.22
Patched Version
  • 1.0.23

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