underConstruction < 1.21 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-1896

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Underconstruction
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 June 2022

What is CVE-2022-1896?

The underConstruction WordPress plugin before 1.21 does not sanitise or escape the "Display a custom page using your own HTML" setting before outputting it, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiletred_html capability is disallowed.

Affected Version(s)

underConstruction 1.21

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3e8bd875-2435-4a15-8ee8-...
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

Asif Nawaz Minhas
.