CVE-2021-24443: Youzify < 1.0.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Biography

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-08-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The About Me widget of the Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not properly sanitise its Biography field, allowing any authenticated user to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in it, which will be executed when viewing the affected user profile. This could allow a low privilege user to gain unauthorised access to the admin side of the blog by targeting an admin, inducing them to view their profile with a malicious payload adding a rogue account for example.

Affected products

Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress: before 1.0.7 — fixed in 1.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress 1.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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