What is CVE-2022-0233?

CVE-2022-0233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-0233?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0233 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Metagauss Profilegrid

CVE-2022-0233

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the pm_user_avatar and pm_cover_image parameters found in the ~/admin/class-profile-magic-admin.php file which allows attackers with authenticated user access, such as subscribers, to inject arbitrary web scripts into their profile, in versions up to and including 1.2.7.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Metagauss Profilegrid
Profilegrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups And Communities — versions 4.7.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0233?: CVE-2022-0233 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2022-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-0233?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0233 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.