Team Members: Cross-site scripting
Team Members is affected by cross-site scripting. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Team Members
- Plugin slug
team-members- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 18, 2021
This CVE was published Mar 18, 2021 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Team Members 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
Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the Team Members WordPress plugin, versions before 5.0.4, lead to Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities allowing medium-privileged authenticated attacker (contributor+) to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'Description/biography' of a member.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N