WP-Members < 3.1.8 — Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2017-2222Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <3.1.8Update to 3.1.8 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.1
- CVSS
- 6.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP-Members Membership Plugin wp-members
- Affected< 3.1.8
- Patched in3.1.8
Update to 3.1.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 3.1.8. Version 3.1.8 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP-Members Membership Plugin.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.1.8, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP-Members Membership Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chris Liu.
The WP-Members plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions before 3.1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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