CVE-2023-2439 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'userpro' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.1.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00082.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Userproplugin	Userpro

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:userproplugin:userpro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-33924	The UserPro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'userpro' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.1.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://codecanyon.net/item/userpro-user-profiles-with-social-login/5958681
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/21cb424c-4efd-4c12-a08a-6d574f118c28?source=cve

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-01-31T02:35:10.486Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:29:19.012Z

Reserved: 2023-05-01T09:52:37.627Z

Link: CVE-2023-2439

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:19:15.150Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-31T03:15:07.973

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:58:37.247

Link: CVE-2023-2439

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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