CVE-2021-24443

Youzify < 1.0.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Biography

Published Aug 2, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The About Me widget of the Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not properly sanitise its Biography field, allowing any authenticated user to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in it, which will be executed when viewing the affected user profile. This could allow a low privilege user to gain unauthorised access to the admin side of the blog by targeting an admin, inducing them to view their profile with a malicious payload adding a rogue account for example.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-11355 The About Me widget of the Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not properly sanitise its Biography field, allowing any authenticated user to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in it, which will be executed when viewing the affected user profile. This could allow a low privilege user to gain unauthorised access to the admin side of the blog by targeting an admin, inducing them to view their profile with a malicious payload adding a rogue account for example.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 7:28 PM
Reserved
Jan 14, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 2, 2021, 11:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:40 AM