User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder: Cross-site scripting
User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder 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.
- Component
- User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder
- Plugin slug
profile-builder- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 02, 2021
This CVE was published Aug 02, 2021 and is one of 29 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
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.
Technical description
The User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 does not sanitise or escape its 'Modify default Redirect Delay timer' setting, allowing high privilege users to use JavaScript code in it, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N