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FKIE_CVE-2021-36915

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-10-11 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:59

Severity

4.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder plugin <= 3.6.0 at WordPress allows uploading the JSON file and updating the options. Requires Import and Export add-on.

References

URL	Tags
audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/profile-builder/wordpress-profile-builder-plugin-3-6-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Vendor Advisory
audit@patchstack.com	https://wordpress.org/plugins/profile-builder/#developers	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/profile-builder/wordpress-profile-builder-plugin-3-6-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wordpress.org/plugins/profile-builder/#developers	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cozmoslabs	profile_builder	*

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CVE-2021-36915 (GCVE-0-2021-36915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-11 19:33 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07

Title

WordPress Profile Builder plugin <= 3.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder plugin <= 3.6.0 at WordPress allows uploading the JSON file and updating the options. Requires Import and Export add-on.

Severity

4.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-20 19:22 UTC

CWE

CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/pro…
https://wordpress.org/plugins/profile-builder/#de…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Cozmoslabs	Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms (WordPress plugin)	Affected: <= 3.6.0 , ≤ 3.6.0 (custom)

Date Public

2022-09-29 00:00

Credits

Vulnerability discovered by John Castro aka mirphak (Patchstack Alliance)

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