WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2015-5532 Deferred

Paid Memberships Pro: Cross-site scripting

Paid Memberships Pro is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 6.1 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.1 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Paid Memberships Pro
Plugin slug
paid-memberships-pro
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 23, 2017
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Oct 23, 2017 and is one of 23 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Paid Memberships Pro to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro) plugin before 1.8.4.3 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) s parameter to membershiplevels.php, (2) memberslist.php, or (3) orders.php in adminpages/ or the (4) edit parameter to adminpages/membershiplevels.php.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources