CVE-2024-1519 Cross-site scripting in Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the name parameter in ProfilePress, requiring an active member listing page and Gerbera theme.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-1519?

CVE-2024-1519 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 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 'name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.14.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires a member listing page to be active and using the Gerbera theme.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1519?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Properfraction Profilepress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1519?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1519 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-2024-1519 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qq82-99vq-37qp.

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