CVE-2022-0780

SearchIQ – The Search Solution <= 3.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

highImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

7.2

CVSS Score

7.2

CVSS Score

high

Severity

3.9

Patched in

652d

Time to patch

Description

The SearchIQ WordPress plugin before 3.9 contains a flag to disable the verification of CSRF nonces, granting unauthenticated attackers access to the siq_ajax AJAX action and allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping in the customCss parameter

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.8

PublishedApril 11, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginsearchiq

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67b0ddc6-9381-4b18-b623-372a149ffa49?source=api-prod

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