CVE-2022-0233 ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities <= 4.7.4 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated users can inject arbitrary scripts into their profiles via insufficient escaping, potentially leading to code execution in other users' browsers.
- 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-2022-0233?
CVE-2022-0233 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities, published on 18 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0233?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Metagauss Profilegrid.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0233?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0233 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-2022-0233 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0233 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities
- CVE-2024-30490 WordPress ProfileGrid plugin <= 5.7.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2025-0724 ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2024-6411 Privilege escalation in ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities
- CVE-2023-3713 ProfileGrid <= 5.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Update
- CVE-2023-0940 ProfileGrid < 5.3.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Password Reset
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q3m4-j7fx-35xr.