How to fix CVE-2024-6708?

During next maintenance window: Identify affected systems running before 3.12.2 does not sanitise and escape some parameters and apply vendor patches when convenient. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Is Profile Builder affected by CVE-2024-6708?

Organizations using before 3.12.2 does not sanitise and escape some parameters should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2024-6708, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 4.8. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users.

CVE-2024-6708

MEDIUM

2025-05-15 [email protected]

WordPress XSS Profile Builder

4.8

CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:42 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Jun 04, 2025 - 20:09 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

May 15, 2025 - 20:15 nvd

MEDIUM 4.8

DescriptionNVD

AnalysisAI

The User Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.12.2 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting its content on the admin area, which allows Admin+ users to perform Cross-Site. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The User Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.12.2 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting its content on the admin area, which allows Admin+ users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Affected products include: Cozmoslabs Profile Builder. Version information: before 3.12.2.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

CVE-2024-6708 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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