ProfilePress <= 3.1.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

5.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24450
CVSS 5.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 28, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Vaibhav Koli

Description

The User Registration, User Profiles, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) WordPress plugin before 3.1.8 did not sanitise or escape some of its settings before saving them and outputting them back in the page, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set JavaScript payloads in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

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Vulnerability Details for Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-user-avatar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.1.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.1.8
Patched Version
  • 3.1.8

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