CVE-2022-4697 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-4697: ProfilePress <= 4.5.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Properfraction
Product Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published December 23, 2022
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘wp_user_cover_default_image_url’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 23, 2022 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated