CVE-2022-4029

Simple:Press <= 6.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Cookie Value

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
4.7
CVSS Score
4.7
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
6.8.1
Patched in
420d
Time to patch

Description

The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'sforum_[md5 hash of the WordPress URL]' cookie value in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This would be highly complex to exploit as it would require the attacker to set the cookie a cookie for the targeted user.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=6.8
PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginsimplepress

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