CVE-2022-47435
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Olive Design WP-OliveCart WordPress plugin versions 1.1.3 and below. The vulnerability was identified on December 15, 2022, and publicly disclosed on January 13, 2023. This security issue affects authenticated users with administrative privileges (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization and escaping of certain plugin settings. This security flaw could be exploited even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, such as in multisite setups. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) by NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assigned it a score of 5.9 (Medium). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD, WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows high-privilege users such as administrators to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This could enable malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads that would execute when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions 1.1.3 and below of the WP-OliveCart plugin (Patchstack).

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