CVE-2024-12738
WordPress User Profile Builder XSS
Description
The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several user meta parameters in all versions up to, and including, 3.12.9 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 and clicks a link to show user meta.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 7, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 7, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jan. 07, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several user meta parameters in all versions up to, and including, 3.12.9 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 and clicks a link to show user meta. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CWE CWE-79 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/3.12.8/features/email-confirmation/class-email-confirmation.php Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/3.12.8/features/email-confirmation/class-email-confirmation.php#L95 Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3217544/ Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51b626e1-89c0-49b9-bfeb-32005e8e78d6?source=cve
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-12738
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