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CVE-2022-0423: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2022-0423 affects the 3D FlipBook WordPress plugin versions before 1.12.1. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on February 28, 2022, impacting the interactive-3d-flipbook-powered-physics-engine plugin (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 6.4 (medium severity). The security flaw exists due to missing authorization and CSRF checks when updating plugin settings, combined with a lack of proper sanitization and escaping of user input. This vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows any authenticated users, including those with subscriber-level access, to inject Cross-Site Scripting payloads into all pages containing a 3D flipbook. This could potentially lead to the execution of malicious JavaScript code in visitors' browsers (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.12.1 of the 3D FlipBook plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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