WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
ProfilePress < 3.1.8 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Description
The plugin 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
Proof of Concept
Put the following payload in the 'Edit Account Endpoint' or 'Change Password Endpoint' fields in the General > My Account plugin's settings: "><script>alert(/XSS/)</script>
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 3.1.8 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Vaibhav Koli
Submitter
Vaibhav Koli
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-06-28 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-06-28 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-08-10 (about 2 years ago)
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