Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-33191

CVE-2022-33191:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (CVE-2022-33191) is an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Chinmoy Paul's Testimonials WordPress plugin versions 3.0.1 and below. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on July 19, 2022, and affects WordPress installations using the vulnerable plugin versions (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3 Base Score of 5.4, indicating a medium severity level. The attack vector is network-based, requires low privileges (contributor or higher user role), and user interaction is necessary for successful exploitation. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79, which is a Cross-Site Scripting weakness type (NVD, AttackerKB).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with contributor-level access to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of July 19, 2022, the plugin has been closed and is no longer available for download from the WordPress plugin repository due to this security issue. No official fix is available for this vulnerability (WordPress).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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