CVE-2022-44632
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Denis Buka Content Repeater – Custom Posts Simplified WordPress plugin versions 1.1.13 and earlier. The vulnerability was reported on November 25, 2022, by security researcher Hoang Van Hiep (sk4rl1ghT) (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The issue requires administrator privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrative access to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would then be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the vulnerability disclosure, no official fix has been made available for this security issue. Given its low severity impact and the requirement for administrative access, the vendor has not deemed it necessary to release an immediate patch (Patchstack).

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