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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-3897
CVE-2022-3897:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Affiliate Platform plugin for WordPress was found to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2022-3897) affecting versions up to and including the latest release as of November 2022. This security issue was discovered and reported by security researcher Marco Wotschka (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS Score of 5.5 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access and high privileges to exploit, but has low complexity and does not require user interaction. The impact affects multiple parameters in the plugin, potentially allowing stored XSS attacks (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow attackers with high privileges to store malicious scripts that could potentially execute in other users' browsers when they view affected pages. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and potential manipulation of the plugin's functionality (NVD).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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