CVE-2022-0653

Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms <= 3.6.1 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 24, 2022 at 06:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorProfile Builder

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Forms WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the site_url parameter found in the ~/assets/misc/fallback-page.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 3.6.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%
v ≤ 3.6.13.6.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.1MEDIUMWordfence
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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