PT-2024-14872 · WordPress · Wp User Profile Avatar

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2024-04-14 · Updated 2024-08-01 · CVE-2023-6067

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP User Profile Avatar WordPress plugin versions 1.0.1 and earlier

Description The issue is related to the WP User Profile Avatar WordPress plugin, which does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page or post where the shortcode is embedded. This could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For WP User Profile Avatar WordPress plugin versions 1.0.1 and earlier, update to a version that includes the necessary validation and escaping of shortcode attributes to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6067

Affected Products

Wp User Profile Avatar

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae8e225a-5273-4db1-9c72-060304cca658 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6067 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6067 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1779742859823894978 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/76708 · Telegram Post