CVE-2024-13121 Paid Membership Plugin < 4.15.20 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Low 3.5 Published Updated

Admins can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Paid Membership Plugin, enabling stored XSS attacks in multisite environments.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-13121?

CVE-2024-13121 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content, published on 13 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.15.20 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13121?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Properfraction Profilepress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13121?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13121 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-2024-13121 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-13121 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-268p-8m6q-3rq7.

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