User Registration, User Profile, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar): Cross-site scripting
User Registration, User Profile, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) 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, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar)
- Plugin slug
profilepress- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 09, 2021
This CVE was published Aug 09, 2021 and is one of 25 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update User Registration, User Profile, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) 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, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) WordPress plugin before 3.1.11's widget for tabbed login/register was not properly escaped and could be used in an XSS attack which could lead to wp-admin access. Further, the plugin in several places assigned $_POST as $_GET which meant that in some cases this could be replicated with just $_GET parameters and no need for $_POST values.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N