TI-2024-12168 Aliases CVE-2024-13120 GHSA-rx48-9x9v-rpp3

ProfilePress < 4.15.20 - Admin+ Stored XSS

MEDIUM 55CWE-79Published 2025-02-13 · Updated 2025-03-22

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

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

Summary

The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.15.20 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00371 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix Fixed Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content (Unknown): 4.15.20

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	Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content	before 4.15.20	4.15.20	Patch available	CNA

Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content VendorUnknown Affected before 4.15.20 Fixed in 4.15.20 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:properfraction:profilepress:::::free:wordpress::	before 4.15.20	Vulnerable	properfraction

cpe:2.3:a:properfraction:profilepress:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* Versions before 4.15.20 Vulnerable ·properfraction

Remediation

Fix · CNA Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content (Unknown) Fixed in 4.15.20

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2025-02-13
Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 4.15.20
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-12167 ProfilePress < 4.15.20 - Admin+ Stored XSSPriority MEDIUM 55
- TI-2024-12169 Paid Membership Plugin < 4.15.20 - Admin+ Stored XSSPriority MEDIUM 50
Show all 3 records →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-13120
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rx48-9x9v-rpp3

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5b70798c-c30d-42e6-ac72-821c5568b9b5/

TI-2021-13635 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-13638 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in File Uploader Component CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-13637 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Arbitrary File Upload in Image Uploader Component CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-13636 ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-12167 ProfilePress < 4.15.20 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
TI-2024-09742 ProfilePress < 4.15.15 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

See all 33 →

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences