Description

The Invoice Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Account Takeover via Password Reset in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to the `pravel_invoice_change_password()` function being registered as a nopriv AJAX handler with no nonce verification and no authorization check, and performing a loose equality comparison between the supplied `reset_activation_code` POST parameter and the target user's stored `forgot_email` user meta — a check that trivially evaluates to true (`'' == ''`) for any user who has never initiated a forgot-password request, which applies to administrators under normal conditions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply an arbitrary user ID via the `reset_user_id` POST parameter, bypass the activation code check entirely by omitting `reset_activation_code`, and set the target account's password to an attacker-chosen value, enabling full takeover of any account on the site, including administrator accounts.

Weaknesses 1

References 4

• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/invoice-creator/tags/1.0.0/lib/user-manage-function.php#L296
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/invoice-creator/tags/1.0.0/lib/user-manage-function.php#L303
• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/invoice-creator/tags/1.0.0/lib/user-manage-function.php#L52
• wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc0fbe84-e455-4e62-9c48-49340d08f81d?source=cve

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