CVE-2022-0233
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the pm_user_avatar and pm_cover_image parameters found in the…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the pm_user_avatar and pm_cover_image parameters found in the ~/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php file which allows attackers with authenticated user access, such as subscribers, to inject arbitrary web scripts into their profile, in versions up to and including 1.2.7.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.90% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- metagauss/profilegrid
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://github.com/BigTiger2020/2022/blob/main/ProfileGrid%20Xss.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/4.7.4/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L961Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0233Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BigTiger2020/2022/blob/main/ProfileGrid%20Xss.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/4.7.4/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L961Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0233Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.