CVE-2023-0814 — The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms plugin for WordPres

The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure via the [user_meta] shortcode in versions up to, and including 3.9.0. This is due to insufficient restriction on sensitive user meta values that

01What is this vulnerability?

The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure via the [user_meta] shortcode in versions up to, and including 3.9.0. This is due to insufficient restriction on sensitive user meta values that can be called via that shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions…

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-14T02:15:10.453
• Last modified: 2026-04-08T19:18:03.663

09References

• lana.codes — https://lana.codes/lanavdb/512e7307-04a5-4d8b-8f79-f75f37784a9f/
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old…
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/03/vulnerability-patched-in-cozmolabs-profil…
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bbedad66-a5a6-4fb5-b03…
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org — https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old…
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bbedad66-a5a6-4fb5-b03…