CVE-2022-0321

WP Voting Contest < 3.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.0

Patched in

706d

Time to patch

Description

The WP Voting Contest WordPress plugin before 3.0 does not sanitise and escape the post_id parameter before outputting it back in the response via the wpvc_social_share_icons AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.0

PublishedFebruary 16, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-voting-contest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/73472066-8e5c-46a4-906d-f459a2ebf40d?source=api-prod

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