BP Profile as Homepage Fork - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)

Summary

Name	BP Profile as Homepage Fork 1.1. - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)
Code name	skims-0063
Product	BP Profile as Homepage Fork
Affected versions	Version 1.1.
State	Private
Release date	2025-03-14

Vulnerability

Kind	Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)
Rule	Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)
Remote	No
CVSSv4 Vector	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:U
CVSSv4 Base Score	4.8 (Medium)
Exploit available	No
CVE ID(s)	CVE-2025-31323

Description

BP Profile as Homepage Fork 1.1. was found to be vulnerable. The web application dynamically generates web content without validating the source of the potentially untrusted data in myapp/bp-profile-as-homepage-fork.php.

Vulnerability

Skims by Fluid Attacks discovered a Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in BP Profile as Homepage Fork 1.1.. The following is the output of the tool:

Skims output

 118 | function bpahpf_settings_page(){
 119 |
 120 | //check for capability to manage options
 121 | if ( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ){
 122 |
 123 | wp_die( __('You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.', 'bpahpf-menu' ) );
 124 |
 125 | }
 126 |
 127 | $opt_name = 'bpahpf_role_choice';
 128 | $data_field_name = 'bpahpf_role_choice';
 129 |
 130 | $opt_val = get_option( $opt_name );
 131 |
 132 | //if nonce checks out then save submitted data
 133 | $nonce=$_REQUEST['_wpnonce'];
 134 | if( wp_verify_nonce( $nonce, 'bpahpf' ) )
 135 | {
 136 | $opt_val = $_POST[ $data_field_name ];
 137 | update_option( $opt_name, $opt_val );
 138 | ?>
 139 | <div class=""updated""><p><strong><?php _e( 'Settings saved.', 'bpahpf-menu' ); ?></strong></p></div>
 140 | <?php
 141 |
 142 | }
 143 |
 144 | echo '<div class=""wrap"">';
 145 | echo ""<h2>"" . __( 'BP Profile as Homepage Fork Settings', 'bpahpf-menu' ) . ""</h2>"";
 146 | ?>
 147 | <p>
 148 | <?php _e( 'Disable Profile as Homepage for a particular user role.', 'bpahpf-menu' ); ?>
 149 | </p>
 150 | <form name=""bpahpf-settings-form"" method=""post"" action="""">
 151 | <?php wp_nonce_field( 'bpahpf' ); ?>
 152 | <p><b>
 153 | <?php _e( 'You have selected:', 'bpahpf-menu' ); ?>
 154 | </b>
 155 | <?php
 156 | if ( '' == $opt_val )
 157 | _e( 'No One', 'bpahpf-menu' );
 158 | else
> 159 | echo $opt_val;
 160 | ?>
 161 | <hr />
 162 | <?php _e( 'Disable redirect to Profile for this role :', 'bpahpf-menu' ); ?>
 163 | <select name=""<?php echo $data_field_name; ?>"">
 164 | <option value="""">
 165 | <?php _e( 'No One', 'bpahpf-menu' ); ?>
 166 | </option>
 167 | <?php wp_dropdown_roles( );?>
 168 | </select>
 169 | </p>
 170 | <p class=""submit"">
 171 | <input type=""submit"" name=""Submit"" class=""button-primary"" value=""<?php esc_attr_e( 'Save Changes', 'bpahpf-menu' ) ?>"" />
 172 | </p>
 173 | </form>
 174 | </div>
  175 | <?php
  176 | }
      ^ Col 0

Our security policy

We have reserved the ID CVE-2025-31323 to refer to this issue from now on.

• https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/policy/

System Information

• Product: BP Profile as Homepage Fork
• Version: 1.1.

Mitigation

There is currently no patch available for this vulnerability.

Credits

The vulnerability was discovered by Andres Roldan from Fluid Attacks' Offensive Team using Skims

Timeline