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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-4831
CVE-2022-4831:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-4831 affects the Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration & Member Frontend Profiles with Paid Memberships Pro WordPress plugin versions below 1.8.1. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on January 6, 2023, and was discovered by researcher István Márton (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue that affects users with contributor-level privileges or higher. The plugin fails to properly validate and escape certain shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium) and is classified under CWE-79 (WPScan).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow attackers with contributor-level access to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high-privilege users such as administrators. The exploit could potentially lead to unauthorized actions being performed with administrator privileges (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.8.1 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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