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CVE-2021-24443

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 2, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The About Me widget of the Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not properly sanitise its Biography field, allowing any authenticated user to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in it, which will be executed when viewing the affected user profile. This could allow a low privilege user to gain unauthorised access to the admin side of the blog by targeting an admin, inducing them to view their profile with a malicious payload adding a rogue account for example.

Affected WordPress components

  • Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress Plugin · youzify
    Confirmed match Active
    From 1.0.7 (including) to 1.0.7 (excluding); Before 1.0.7
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A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress — From 1.0.7 (including) to 1.0.7 (excluding)
  • kainelabs youzify — Before 1.0.7

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4432acd-df49-4a4f-8184-b55cdd5d4d34 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record