WP User Frontend <= 3.5.25 - SQL Injection & Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

8.8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-25076
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published December 27, 2021
Last Updated January 5, 2023
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

Description

The WP User Frontend WordPress plugin before 3.5.26 does not validate and escape the status parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the Subscribers dashboard, leading to an SQL injection. Due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, this could also lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Details for Registration, User Profile, Membership, Content Restriction, User Directory, and Frontend Post Submission – WP User Frontend

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-user-frontend (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.5.26, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.25
Patched Version
  • 3.5.26

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