Page Builder KingComposer <= 2.9.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary Profile Creation and Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

CVE	CVE-2021-25048
CVSS	High (8.5)
Publicly Published	March 14, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Krzysztof Zając

Description

The KingComposer WordPress plugin through 2.9.6 does not have authorisation, CSRF and sanitisation/escaping when creating profile, allowing any authenticated users to create arbitrary ones, with Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	kingcomposer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 2.9.6
Patched Version

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