CVE-2021-25076 WP User Frontend < 3.5.26 - SQL Injection to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
An attacker can inject SQL and execute scripts via the status parameter in the WP User Frontend plugin, potentially compromising data and user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25076?
CVE-2021-25076 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP User Frontend – Membership, Profile, Registration & Post Submission Plugin for WordPress, published on 24 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP User Frontend WordPress plugin before 3.5.26 does not validate and escape the status parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the Subscribers dashboard, leading to an SQL injection. Due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, this could also lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25076?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wedevs Wp User Frontend.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25076?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25076 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2021-25076 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25076 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP User Frontend – Membership, Profile, Registration & Post Submission Plugin for WordPress
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gx4g-7h78-x658.