CVE-2024-1046 Cross-site scripting in Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via a shortcode, leading to script execution on victim pages.

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-2024-1046?

CVE-2024-1046 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 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin 'reg-number-field' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.14.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1046?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Properfraction Profilepress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1046?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1046 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-2024-1046 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1046 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4rgm-786j-w9cc.

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