WP ULike < 4.7.2.1 - Subscriber+ Stored-XSS
The WP ULike WordPress plugin before 4.7.2.1 does not properly sanitize user display names when rendering on a public page.
- Published
- Sep 6, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 29th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
14
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 14 / 40 · 3.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| technowich | wp ulike | cpe:2.3:a:technowich:wp_ulike |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- technowich wp ulikebefore 4.7.2.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Unknown WP ULike
- 4.7.1 and later · before 4.7.2.1affected · semver
Same product
technowich: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-45640WordPress WP ULike Plugin <= 4.6.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)21Monitor
- CVE-2024-12770WP ULike < 4.7.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS19Monitor
- CVE-2024-7879WP ULike < 4.7.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widgets19Monitor
- CVE-2024-7878WP ULike < 4.7.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS19Monitor
- CVE-2024-6094WP ULike < 4.7.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS19Monitor
- CVE-2022-45842WordPress WP ULike Plugin <= 4.6.4 is vulnerable to Race Condition vulnerability14Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown WP ULike | 4.7.2.1 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- WPScancoordinator
- stealthcopterPatchstack Bug Bounty Programfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-45640317 days apartWordPress WP ULike Plugin <= 4.6.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)21Monitor
- CVE-2024-787819 days apartWP ULike < 4.7.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS19Monitor
- CVE-2024-609444 days apartWP ULike < 4.7.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS19Monitor
- CVE-2024-787961 days apartWP ULike < 4.7.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widgets19Monitor
- CVE-2024-12770251 days apartWP ULike < 4.7.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS19Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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