CVE-2021-24450

ProfilePress < 3.1.8 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Published Aug 2, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The User Registration, User Profiles, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) WordPress plugin before 3.1.8 did not sanitise or escape some of its settings before saving them and outputting them back in the page, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set JavaScript payloads in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-11362 The User Registration, User Profiles, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) WordPress plugin before 3.1.8 did not sanitise or escape some of its settings before saving them and outputting them back in the page, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set JavaScript payloads in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
History

No history.

Weaknesses

Sources

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