Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-2372

CVE-2022-2372:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2022-2372 affects the YaySMTP WordPress plugin versions before 2.2.2. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on July 18, 2022, and was initially analyzed by NIST on August 12, 2022. The vulnerability involves improper sanitization and escaping of certain plugin settings (WPScan Advisory, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, identified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity but requiring high privileges (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows high-privilege users such as administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, which is particularly relevant in multisite setups. This could lead to potential client-side attacks against other administrative users (WPScan Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in YaySMTP version 2.2.2. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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