PT-2022-13332 · WordPress · The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms

Chloe Chamberland · Published 2022-02-24 · Updated 2022-03-03 · CVE-2022-0653

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms WordPress plugin versions up to and including 3.6.1

Description The issue arises from insufficient escaping and sanitization of the site url parameter found in the ~/assets/misc/fallback-page.php file. This allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a page, which executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 3.6.1, update to a version that includes the necessary escaping and sanitization fixes for the site url parameter to prevent Cross-Site Scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ~/assets/misc/fallback-page.php file until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-0653

Affected Products

The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/blog/2022/02/reflected-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-patched-in-wordpress-profile-builder-plugin · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0653 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2655168%40profile-builder&new=2655168%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0653 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/38049 · Telegram Post