TI-2022-00569 Aliases CVE-2022-0653 GHSA-h98h-3vj4-grgq

Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.6.1 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

LOW 32CWE-79Published 2022-02-24 · Updated 2025-01-31

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the site_url parameter found in the ~/assets/misc/fallback-page.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 3.6.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.02331 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Cozmoslabs	Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms	3.6.1 – 3.6.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms VendorCozmoslabs Affected 3.6.1 – 3.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cozmoslabs:profile_builder::::::wordpress::*	up to 3.6.1	Vulnerable	Cozmoslabs

cpe:2.3:a:cozmoslabs:profile_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.6.1 Vulnerable ·Cozmoslabs

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0653
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h98h-3vj4-grgq

References

Exploit 1

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/02/reflected-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-patched-in-wordpress-profile-builder-plugin/

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2655168%40profile-builder&new=2655168%40profile-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

TI-2024-06204 profile-builder <= 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-05908 User Profile Builder < 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Media Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2024-06217 Profile Builder <= 3.12.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2021-06814 Profile Builder < 3.4.9 - Admin Access via Password Reset CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-03766 Profile Builder < 3.9.8 - Unauthenticated Plugin's Pages Creation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2023-02154 Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.9.0 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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