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CVE-2021-24448

Profile Builder < 3.4.8 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Severity Score

4.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

El plugin de WordPress Profile Builder de User Registration &amp; User Profile versiones anteriores a 3.4.8, no sanea ni escapa de su ajuste "Modify default Redirect Delay timer", permitiendo a usuarios con altos privilegios usar código JavaScript en él, incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html está desautorizada, conllevando un problema de tipo Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado autenticado

The Profile Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 3.4.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'Modify default Redirect Delay timer' setting. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers. with administrator-level privileges or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

*Credits: Akash Rajendra Patil
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-01-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-06-30 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-03 First Exploit
  • 2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Cozmoslabs
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 Profile Builder
Search vendor "Cozmoslabs" for product "Profile Builder"
 < 3.4.8
Search vendor "Cozmoslabs" for product "Profile Builder" and version " < 3.4.8"
wordpress
Affected