Profile Builder: A security weakness
Profile Builder is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Profile Builder
- Plugin slug
profile-builder- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 04, 2022
This CVE was published Apr 04, 2022 and is one of 29 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update 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 Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.6.8 does not sanitise and escape Form Fields titles and description, which could allow high privilege user such as admin to perform Criss-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N