CVE-2021-24450

ProfilePress < 3.1.8 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The User Registration, User Profiles, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) WordPress plugin before 3.1.8 did not sanitise or escape some of its settings before saving them and outputting them back in the page, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set JavaScript payloads in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

El plugin de WordPress User Registration, User Profiles, Login & Membership â€“ ProfilePress (Anteriormente WP User Avatar) versiones anteriores a 3.1.8, no saneaba o escapaba de algunas de sus configuraciones antes de guardarlas y devolverlas a la página, permitiendo a usuarios con altos privilegios, como el administrador, establecer cargas útiles de JavaScript en ellas incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html está deshabilitada, conllevando a un problema de tipo Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado autenticado

*Credits: Vaibhav Koli

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
2021-06-28 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8625579-fe8f-4bc1-a641-0e26ad141c92	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Properfraction Search vendor "Properfraction"		Profilepress Search vendor "Properfraction" for product "Profilepress"				< 3.1.8 Search vendor "Properfraction" for product "Profilepress" and version " < 3.1.8"		wordpress		Affected