WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2021-24448 Modified

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.

CVE / CNA score 4.8 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 4.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder
Plugin slug
profile-builder
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 02, 2021
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Aug 02, 2021 and is one of 23 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder 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.

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

Primary and upstream sources