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Medium severity · published Jan 18, 2022
CVE-2022-0233
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the…
5.4
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the pm_user_avatar and pm_cover_image parameters found in the ~/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php file which allows attackers with authenticated user access, such as subscribers, to inject arbitrary web scripts into their profile, in versions up to and including 1.2.7.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PR
Profilegrid · Metagauss
through 4.7.4 · source: NVD
Affected product
PR
Profilegrid
Metagauss
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0233
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0233
Exploit
https://github.com/BigTiger2020/2022/blob/main/ProfileGrid%20Xss.md
Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/tags/4.7.4/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php#L961
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0233
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