CVE-2022-0233

moderate-risk
Published 2022-01-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.30% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.4/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Metagauss

References (6)

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-...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#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-...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0233
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal