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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-0953
CVE-2022-0953:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-0953 affects the Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin versions before 4.20.96. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Taurus Omar, with public disclosure occurring on March 29, 2022 (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue that occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize and escape the QUERY_STRING before outputting it back in an admin page. This vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 and has been assigned a CVSS score of 3.4 (low severity) (WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in browsers that do not encode certain characters, potentially leading to unauthorized actions being performed in the context of the authenticated administrator session (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to version 4.20.96 or later of the Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin to address this vulnerability (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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