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WordPress Ultimate Member Plugin < 2.1.20 XSS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The WordPress plugin Ultimate Member is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The Ultimate Member Member plugin does not properly sanitise, validate or encode the query string when generating a link to edit user's own profile, leading to an authenticated reflected XSS issue. Knowledge of the targeted username is required to exploit this, and attackers would then need to make the related logged in user open a malicious link.
Affected Software
Affected Software
WordPress Ultimate Member plugin version 2.1.19 and prior.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.1.20 or later.