CVE-2022-1896

underConstruction <= 1.20 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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

5.5

CVSS Score

5.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.21

Patched in

607d

Time to patch

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<1.21

PublishedMay 26, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginunderconstruction

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/045717f4-0e31-41f8-b0c3-8118c768b648?source=api-prod

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