Profile Builder - User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.6.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via site_url Parameter

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-0653
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 17, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the site_url parameter found in the ~/assets/misc/fallback-page.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 3.6.1.

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Vulnerability Details for User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug profile-builder (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.6.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.6.1
Patched Version
  • 3.6.2

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