CVE-2022-4831

The Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/872fc8e6-4035-4e5a-9f30-16c482c48c7c	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/872fc8e6-4035-4e5a-9f30-16c482c48c7c	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:paidmembershipspro:custom_user_profile_fields_for_user_registration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) El complemento Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration de WordPress anterior a 1.8.1 no valida ni escapa algunos de sus atributos de código corto antes de devolverlos a la página, lo que podría permitir a los usuarios con un rol tan bajo como colaborador realizar cross-site scripting almacenado, ataques que podrían usarse contra usuarios con altos privilegios, como administradores.
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/872fc8e6-4035-4e5a-9f30-16c482c48c7c - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/872fc8e6-4035-4e5a-9f30-16c482c48c7c - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

31 Jan 2023, 13:49

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-01-30 21:15

Updated : 2025-03-27 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4831

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4831

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4831

JSON object : View

Products Affected

paidmembershipspro

custom_user_profile_fields_for_user_registration

CWE

No CWE.

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