Stored Cross-Site Scripting in ProfilePress Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2022-4698

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Paid Membership, Ecommerce, Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile, Paywall & Restrict Content – Profilepress
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 December 2022

What is CVE-2022-4698?

The ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This issue exists in several form fields, affecting versions up to and including 4.5.0. Authenticated attackers with administrator-level access can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which will execute when users visit those pages. The vulnerability primarily impacts multi-site installations and those where unfiltered_html capability has been disabled.

Affected Version(s)

Paid Membership, Ecommerce, Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile, Paywall & Restrict Content – ProfilePress * <= 4.5.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ivan Kuzymchak
.