CVE-2022-1208

Public Exploit

Description

The Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Biography field featured on individual user profile pages due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping that allows users to encode malicious web scripts with HTML encoding that is reflected back on the page. This affects versions up to, and including, 2.3.2. Please note this issue was only partially fixed in version 2.3.2.

6.4

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.21%

Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org Third-Party Advisory wordfence.com

Affected: ultimatemember Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin

References

Link	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93cf6dce-892e-4106-bb37-b7952e5ea5a1?source=cve
https://github.com/H4de5-7/vulnerabilities/blob/main/Ultimate%20Member%20%3C%3D%202.3.1%20-%20Stored%20Cross-Site%20Scripting.md	third party advisory exploit
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2735896%40ultimate-member&new=2735896%40ultimate-member&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	third party advisory patch
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1208	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-1208?: CVE-2022-1208 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-1208?: To fix CVE-2022-1208, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-1208 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2022-1208 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-1208?: CVE-2022-1208 affects ultimatemember Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin.

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