# CVE-2024-6708: Profile Builder <= 3.12.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

> Admin users can inject malicious scripts into the admin area via unsanitized parameters, potentially compromising administrator sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 20 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m33j-944f-82fq

## What is CVE-2024-6708?

CVE-2024-6708 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown User Profile Builder, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The User Profile Builder  WordPress plugin before 3.12.2 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting its content on the admin area, which allows Admin+ users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6708?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cozmoslabs Profile Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6708?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6708 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6708 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6708 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Profile Builder

- [CVE-2024-6695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6695/): profile-builder <= 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2297](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2297/): Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24527/): Profile Builder < 3.4.9 - Admin Access via Password Reset (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-6366](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6366/): User Profile Builder < 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Media Upload (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-22140](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22140/): WordPress Profile Builder Pro Plugin <= 3.10.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6708 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6708 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown User Profile Builder, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6708 exists.

Affected product: Unknown User Profile Builder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6708/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6708/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6708
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6708
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6708

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6708/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.