CVE-2021-24654: User Registration < 2.0.2 - Low Privilege Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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: 2021-10-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The User Registration WordPress plugin before 2.0.2 does not properly sanitise the user_registration_profile_pic_url value when submitted directly via the user_registration_update_profile_details AJAX action. This could allow any authenticated user, such as subscriber, to perform Stored Cross-Site attacks when their profile is viewed

Affected products

wpeverest User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Cu: before 2.0.2 — fixed in 2.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpeverest User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Cu 2.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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