CVE-2022-47449
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in RexTheme Cart Lift – Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce and EDD plugin versions 3.1.5 and below. The vulnerability was reported on December 13, 2022, by Team WeBoB and was officially published on March 2, 2023, with the identifier CVE-2022-47449 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) by NIST with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 7.1 (High) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site, potentially compromising user security and website integrity (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 3.1.6 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version. The vulnerability was given a medium patch priority, indicating that immediate mitigation is recommended (Patchstack).

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