CVE-2023-2438 — The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'userpro_save_userdata' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to up

01What is this vulnerability?

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'userpro_save_userdata' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the user meta and inject malicious JavaScript via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into…

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: 2023-11-22T16:15:08.207
• Last modified: 2026-04-08T18:18:02.507

09References

• codecanyon.net — https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-social-login/5958681
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d30adc5-27a5-4549-84f…
• codecanyon.net — https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-social-login/5958681
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d30adc5-27a5-4549-84f…