CVE-2021-24522

MEDIUM NUCLEI

ProfilePress < 3.1.11 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Tabbed Login/Register Widget

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2021-24522 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.

Description

The User Registration, User Profile, Login & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar) WordPress plugin before 3.1.11's widget for tabbed login/register was not properly escaped and could be used in an XSS attack which could lead to wp-admin access. Further, the plugin in several places assigned $_POST as $_GET which meant that in some cases this could be replicated with just $_GET parameters and no need for $_POST values.

Nuclei Templates (1)

ProfilePress < 3.1.11 - Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUMby ritikchaddha

FOFA: body="wp-content/plugins/wp-user-avatar"

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/25b51add-197c-4aff-b1a8-b92fb11d8697

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0129

EPSS Percentile 66.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

properfraction/profilepress < 3.1.11

Published Aug 09, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026