CVE-2022-47606
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Tim Stephenson's WP-CORS WordPress plugin versions 0.2.1 and below. The vulnerability was reported on December 23, 2022, and was assigned CVE-2022-47606. This security issue affects authenticated users with administrator privileges (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, identified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) from NVD with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it at 5.9 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

The 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 (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires administrator privileges to exploit, which significantly reduces its risk profile. The software has been marked as potentially abandoned as it hasn't received updates for over a year (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was fixed in version 0.2.2 of the WP-CORS plugin. Users are advised to update to version 0.2.2 or later to remove the vulnerability. Given that the software appears to be abandoned, users should consider replacing it with an alternative solution (Patchstack).

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