# CVE-2021-24448: Profile Builder < 3.4.8 - Authenticated Stored XSS

> High-privilege users can inject JavaScript into the redirect delay setting, leading to stored XSS in the Profile Builder WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8j23-c7w9-jxvg

## What is CVE-2021-24448?

CVE-2021-24448 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder, published on 2 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 does not sanitise or escape its 'Modify default Redirect Delay timer' setting, allowing high privilege users to use JavaScript code in it, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24448?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cozmoslabs Profile Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24448?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24448 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24448 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24448 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder

- [CVE-2024-6695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6695/): profile-builder <= 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2297](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2297/): Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24527/): Profile Builder < 3.4.9 - Admin Access via Password Reset (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-6366](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6366/): User Profile Builder < 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Media Upload (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-22140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22140/): WordPress Profile Builder Pro Plugin <= 3.10.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24448 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24448 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder, published on 2 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24448 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24448/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24448/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24448
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24448
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24448

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.