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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-4042
CVE-2022-4042:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability (CVE-2022-4042) affects the Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations WordPress plugin versions before 4.3.7. The issue stems from improper sanitization and escaping of certain settings, which could enable high-privilege users such as administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks, even in environments where the unfiltered_html capability is disabled, such as in multisite setups (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 3.4 (low severity). It falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and is identified as CWE-79. The vulnerability specifically affects the plugin's settings functionality, where certain fields lack proper input validation and sanitization (WPScan).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows privileged users to inject malicious scripts into the plugin's settings. These scripts can then be executed in other users' browsers when they access specific pages within the WordPress admin panel, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data theft (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been patched in version 4.3.7 of the Paytium plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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