Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2022 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2022-0653Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.6.1 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms from Cozmoslabs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cozmoslabs | Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms | 3.6.1 – through 3.6.1 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/02/reflected-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-patched-in-wordpress-profile-builder-plugin/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2655168%40profile-builder&new=2655168%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= x_refsource_MISC