CVE-2021-24306: Ultimate Member < 2.1.20 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published May 24, 2021
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Updated

The Ultimate Member – User Profile, User Registration, Login & Membership Plugin WordPress plugin before 2.1.20 did not properly sanitise, validate or encode the query string when generating a link to edit user's own profile, leading to an authenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting 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.

Other sources

The Ultimate Member – User Profile, User Registration, Login & Membership Plugin WordPress plugin before 2.1.20 did not properly sanitise, validate or encode the query string when generating a link to edit user's own profile, leading to an authenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting 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

1 affected component
ultimatemember Ultimate Member Wordpress<2.1.20

Event History

May 24, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:58 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:58 AM
DescriptionWeakness

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this vulnerability?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2021-24306.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2021-24306?

The severity of CVE-2021-24306 is medium with a CVSS score of 5.4.

3

What software is affected by CVE-2021-24306?

The Ultimate Member - User Profile, User Registration, Login & Membership Plugin WordPress plugin version up to 2.1.20 is affected.

4

What is the CWE ID of CVE-2021-24306?

The CWE ID of CVE-2021-24306 is CWE-79.

5

How can I fix CVE-2021-24306?

Update the Ultimate Member - User Profile, User Registration, Login & Membership Plugin to version 2.1.21 or later to fix CVE-2021-24306.

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