CVE-2022-4698 ProfilePress <= 4.5.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Form Settings
Administrators can inject scripts via form settings in ProfilePress, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4698?
CVE-2022-4698 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress, published on 23 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several form fields in versions up to, and including, 4.5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4698?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Properfraction Profilepress.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4698?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4698 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-2022-4698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress
- 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-vq96-hjjp-w987.