How severe is CVE-2024-12738?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12738 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful Registration Forms, Profiles & Role Editor

CVE-2024-12738

The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several user meta parameters in all versions up to, and including, 3.12.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page and clicks a link to show user meta.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful Registration Forms, Profiles & Role Editor — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12738?: CVE-2024-12738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful Registration Forms, Profiles & Role Editor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-12738?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12738 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.