Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
Youzify < 1.0.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Biography
CVE-2021-24443
Description
The About Me widget of the Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not properly sanitise its Biography field, allowing any authenticated user to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in it, which will be executed when viewing the affected user profile. This could allow a low privilege user to gain unauthorised access to the admin side of the blog by targeting an admin, inducing them to view their profile with a malicious payload adding a rogue account for example.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membershipdescription
Patches
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References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4432acd-df49-4a4f-8184-b55cdd5d4d34mitrex_refsource_MISC
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