{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4698 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4698 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-4698 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile \u0026 Restrict Content – ProfilePress, published on 23 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4698 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-4698 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile \u0026 Restrict Content – ProfilePress, published on 23 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4698 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: properfraction Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile \u0026 Restrict Content – ProfilePress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4698/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4698/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-4698","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4698/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-4698","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-vq96-hjjp-w987"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Administrators can inject scripts via form settings in ProfilePress, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"profilepress","vendor":"properfraction"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"ProfilePress \u003c= 4.5.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Form Settings","id":"CVE-2022-4698","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"MediaElement.js – HTML5 Video \u0026 Audio Player \u003c= 4.2.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode","id":"CVE-2022-4699"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ProfilePress \u003c= 4.5.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2022-4697"},"products":["Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile \u0026 Restrict Content – ProfilePress"],"published":"2022-12-23","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2021-34621","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-07"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2021-34622","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-07"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in Image Uploader Component","id":"CVE-2021-34623","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-07"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in File Uploader Component","id":"CVE-2021-34624","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-07"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"WordPress ProfilePress plugin \u003c= 4.13.1 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-41954","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-17"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"ProfilePress - Pro \u003c= 4.11.1 - Authentication Bypass via WordPress.com OAuth provider","id":"CVE-2024-9947","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-23"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"WordPress ProfilePress Plugin \u003c= 4.13.2 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure","id":"CVE-2023-44150","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-11-30"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["properfraction"]},"summary":"Administrators can inject scripts via form settings in ProfilePress, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML installations.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4698/"}