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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-36390
CVE-2022-36390:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Totalsoft Event Calendar – Calendar WordPress plugin versions 1.4.6 and below. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2022-36390 and was disclosed on August 25, 2022 (Patchstack Database).
Technical details
The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.1 (Medium severity) and requires subscriber or higher level privileges to exploit. The issue allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts that are reflected back to users viewing the affected pages (Patchstack Database).
Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when guests visit the site. This could lead to various attacks including redirects, malicious advertisements, and other HTML payload injections that compromise the security of site visitors (Patchstack Database).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was patched in version 1.4.7 of the Event Calendar plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to resolve the security issue (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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