What is CVE-2021-24448?

CVE-2021-24448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2021-24448?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24448 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder

CVE-2021-24448

The User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 does not sanitise or escape its 'Modify default Redirect Delay timer' setting, allowing high privilege users to use JavaScript code in it, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cozmoslabs Profile_builder
Unknown User Registration & Profile – Builder — versions 3.4.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24448?: CVE-2021-24448 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2021-24448?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24448 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.