Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration & Member Frontend Profiles with Paid…
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00548 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration & Member Frontend Profiles with Paid Memberships Pro (Unknown): 1.8.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration & Member Frontend Profiles with Paid Memberships Pro | before 1.8.1 | 1.8.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration & Member Frontend Profiles with Paid Memberships Pro VendorUnknown Affected before 1.8.1 Fixed in 1.8.1 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:paidmembershipspro:custom_user_profile_fields_for_user_registration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.8.1 | Vulnerable | Paid Memberships Pro |
- cpe:2.3:a:paidmembershipspro:custom_user_profile_fields_for_user_registration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.8.1 Vulnerable ·Paid Memberships Pro
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Custom User Profile Fields for User Registration & Member Frontend Profiles with Paid Memberships Pro (Unknown) Fixed in 1.8.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4831
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h3h9-3wxx-wwcf
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-4831 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4831 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h3h9-3wxx-wwcf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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