Configuration changes via missing import nonce
Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder 3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to import JSON settings and update options. The wppb_pbie_import handler processes an uploaded settings file and writes imported values to plugin options without verifying a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires the optional Import and Export add-on and an authenticated administrator to submit the attacker-controlled request; the bounded consequence is unauthorized plugin-configuration change.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder 3.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to import JSON settings and update options. The wppb_pbie_import handler processes an uploaded settings file and writes imported values to plugin options without verifying a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires the optional Import and Export add-on and an authenticated administrator to submit the attacker-controlled request; the bounded consequence is unauthorized plugin-configuration change.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-36915
- Published
- Oct 11, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- Cozmoslabs
- Product
- Profile Builder
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=<= 3.6.0 <=3.6.0
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