WordPress Security < 4.2.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-1028

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WordPress Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner, Secure Login And Backup
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 June 2022

Summary

The WordPress Security Firewall, Malware Scanner, Secure Login and Backup plugin before 4.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected Version(s)

WordPress Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner, Secure Login and Backup 4.2.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/16fc08ec-8476-4f3c-93ea-...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Niraj Mahajan
.