Cross-site scripting in User registration & user profile - Profile Builder - CVE-2014-8492
Published: August 2, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19890
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8492
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cozmoslabs
Affected software:
User registration & user profile - Profile Builder
User registration & user profile - Profile Builder
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in assets/misc/fallback-page.php in the Profile Builder plugin before 2.0.3 for WordPress when processing the (1) site_name, (2) message, or (3) site_url parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-8492
Update to version 2.0.3.