Stored XSS via unsanitized directory setting
Published Feb 13, 2025 · Updated Feb 19, 2025
Stored XSS in Proper Fraction LLC ProfilePress before 4.15.20 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript via directory settings. The Search Filter Fields Text value is stored without adequate sanitization and rendered into a Member Directory page without safe output escaping. Administrator-level access and disabled unfiltered_html are required; visiting the affected directory executes the stored script in the visitor's browser.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Proper Fraction LLC ProfilePress before 4.15.20 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript via directory settings. The Search Filter Fields Text value is stored without adequate sanitization and rendered into a Member Directory page without safe output escaping. Administrator-level access and disabled unfiltered_html are required; visiting the affected directory executes the stored script in the visitor's browser.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-13121
- Published
- Feb 13, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 19, 2025
- Vendor
- ProfilePress Membership Team
- Product
- ProfilePress
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <4.15.20
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Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Member Directory Search Filter Fields Text stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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Technologies
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