Profile Builder <= 3.13.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via user_meta and compare Shortcodes
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.4epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 84% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The Profile Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's user_meta and compare shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 3.13.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
cozmoslabs · User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role EditorReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/3.13.8/admin/advanced-settings/includes/shortcodes/compare.php#L5https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/3.13.8/admin/advanced-settings/includes/shortcodes/usermeta.php#L5https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3304692/https://wordpress.org/plugins/profile-builder/#developershttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/346c9785-0069-40ec-a255-fe2dae30f7a0?source=cve