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CVE-2022-2517: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder plugin (versions up to and including 2.5.5.2) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2022-2517) discovered in July 2022. The vulnerability exists in the 'Caption - On Hover' value associated with images due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD, CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) according to NVD, and 6.4 (Medium) according to Wordfence. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that the vulnerability requires network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with access to the Beaver Builder editor to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to a version newer than 2.5.5.2 of the Beaver Builder plugin to address this vulnerability (Beaver Builder Changelog).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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