# CVE-2024-7703: Cross-site scripting in ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via SVG uploads, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c3wf-g2wh-qq9r

## What is CVE-2024-7703?

CVE-2024-7703 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in reputeinfosystems ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup, published on 17 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.37 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7703?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-7703?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7703 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7703 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- This repository contains an exploit for CVE-2024-7703 in the ARMember WordPress plugin. It allows attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to upload SVG files with malicious JavaScript, leading to Stored XSS attacks. This can result in executing scripts when the file is accessed, potentially compromising user sessions or data. (github_poc): https://github.com/lfillaz/CVE-2024-7703

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7703 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7703 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in reputeinfosystems ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup, published on 17 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: reputeinfosystems ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup. 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-2024-7703/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7703/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7703
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7703
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7703

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7703/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.