CVE-2021-24450 ProfilePress < 3.1.8 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Authenticated admins can inject JavaScript into plugin settings, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24450?
CVE-2021-24450 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown User Registration, User Profiles, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar), 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 Profiles, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) WordPress plugin before 3.1.8 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
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24450?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Properfraction Profilepress.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24450?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2021-24450 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24450 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Registration, User Profiles, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar)
- CVE-2021-34621 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2021-34622 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2021-34623 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in Image Uploader Component
- CVE-2021-34624 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in File Uploader Component
- CVE-2023-41954 WordPress ProfilePress plugin <= 4.13.1 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7949-q2p4-p63q.