Profile Builder <= 3.6.7 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-03-09 00:00

Abhinav Porwal

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.6.8

Affected PluginUser Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor

Affected Version< 3.6.8

CVSS5.5Medium

CVECVE-2022-0884

View all User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Overview

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

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.6.8, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0884 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15b9d69c-012d-4a28-b8b1-15e6dd22979e

CVSS Vector

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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