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CVE-2022-1910: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability CVE-2022-1910 affects the Shortcodes and extra features for Phlox WordPress plugin (auxin-elements) versions before 2.9.8. This security flaw was discovered and publicly disclosed on June 20, 2022, by security researcher cydave from Cyllective (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 6.1 (medium severity). The security flaw occurs because the plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response. This vulnerability is categorized as CWE-79 and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (WPScan).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to execute malicious JavaScript code in the context of other users' browsers who visit the specially crafted URL. This could potentially lead to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.9.8 of the auxin-elements 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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