CVE-2021-25076: WP User Frontend < 3.5.26 - SQL Injection to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The WP User Frontend WordPress plugin before 3.5.26 does not validate and escape the status parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the Subscribers dashboard, leading to an SQL injection. Due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, this could also lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

weDevs WP User Frontend: before 3.5.26 — fixed in 3.5.26

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: weDevs WP User Frontend 3.5.26. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166071/WordPress-WP-User-Frontend-3.5.25-SQL-Injection.html
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2648715
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6d3eeba6-5560-4380-a6e9-f008a9112ac6
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166071/WordPress-WP-User-Frontend-3.5.25-SQL-Injection.html
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2648715
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6d3eeba6-5560-4380-a6e9-f008a9112ac6

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