CVE-2022-4027

Simple:Press <= 6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Forum Replies

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

7.2

CVSS Score

7.2

CVSS Score

high

Severity

6.8.1

Patched in

420d

Time to patch

Description

The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'postitem' parameter manipulated during a forum response in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping that makes injecting object and embed tags possible. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages when responding to forum threads that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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<=6.8

PublishedNovember 29, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginsimplepress

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4707fcf6-ad11-4ffc-ba56-30f6571e3d9e?source=api-prod

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