CVE-2022-0653

Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.6.1 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the site_url parameter found in the ~/assets/misc/fallback-page.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 3.6.1.

El plugin Profile Builder - User Profile & User Registration Forms de WordPress es vulnerable a un ataque de tipo Cross-Site Scripting debido a un escape y saneo insuficientes del parámetro site_url encontrado en el archivo ~/assets/misc/fallback-page.php que permite a atacantes inyectar scripts web arbitrarios en una página que es ejecutado cada vez que un usuario hace clic en un enlace especialmente diseñado por un atacante. Esto afecta a versiones hasta 3.6.1 incluyéndola

*Credits: Chloe Chamberland, Wordfence

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-02-16 CVE Reserved
2022-02-17 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 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

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/02/reflected-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-patched-in-wordpress-profile-builder-plugin	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2655168%40profile-builder&new=2655168%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	2022-03-03

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cozmoslabs Search vendor "Cozmoslabs"		Profile Builder Search vendor "Cozmoslabs" for product "Profile Builder"				<= 3.6.1 Search vendor "Cozmoslabs" for product "Profile Builder" and version " <= 3.6.1"		wordpress		Affected