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CVE-2022-36355: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (CVE-2022-36355) is an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Easy Org Chart WordPress plugin versions 3.1 and below. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on September 1, 2022. The issue affects users with contributor-level privileges or higher who can access the plugin's functionality (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a low to medium severity level. It falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability requires authentication at the contributor level or higher to be exploited (Patchstack).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors 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

No official fix has been released for this vulnerability. The plugin has been closed since July 29, 2022, and is no longer available for download due to guideline violations (WordPress). Users are advised to consider alternative solutions or remove the plugin from their WordPress installations.

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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