ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities <= 5.9.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2024-8861
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published September 25, 2024
Last Updated September 26, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.3.2 due to incorrect use of the wp_kses_allowed_html function, which allows the 'onclick' attribute for certain HTML elements without sufficient restriction or context validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.9.3.2
Patched Version
  • 5.9.3.3
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