CVE-2022-2763

WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons <= 7.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) 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
7.3
Patched in
518d
Time to patch

Description

The WP Socializer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘misc_additional_css’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 7.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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<=7.2
PublishedAugust 23, 2022
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwp-socializer

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