CVE-2022-2148

LinkedIn Company Updates <= 1.5.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The LinkedIn Company Updates WordPress plugin through 1.5.3 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

El plugin LinkedIn Company Updates de WordPress versiones hasta 1.5.3, no sanea ni escapa de su configuración, lo que permite a usuarios con altos privilegios, como el administrador, llevar a cabo ataques de tipo Cross-Site Scripting incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida

*Credits: Vinay Varma Mudunuri, Krishna Harsha Kondaveeti

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-06-21 CVE Reserved
2022-06-21 CVE Published
2024-02-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/92214311-da6d-49a8-95c9-86f47635264f	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linkedin Company Updates Project Search vendor "Linkedin Company Updates Project"		Linkedin Company Updates Search vendor "Linkedin Company Updates Project" for product "Linkedin Company Updates"				<= 1.5.3 Search vendor "Linkedin Company Updates Project" for product "Linkedin Company Updates" and version " <= 1.5.3"		wordpress		Affected