CVE-2024-2861 ProfilePress <= 4.15.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via ProfilePress User Panel Widget
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the User Panel widget, leading to potential session hijacking or malicious actions on behalf of other users.
- 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-2024-2861?
CVE-2024-2861 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 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ProfilePress User Panel widget in all versions up to, and including, 4.15.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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-2024-2861?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Properfraction Profilepress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2861?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2861 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-2024-2861 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2861 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-4h9h-gmj5-8w43.