// For flags

CVE-2022-2412

Better Tag Cloud <= 0.99.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

4.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

The Better Tag Cloud WordPress plugin through 0.99.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

El plugin Better Tag Cloud de WordPress versiones hasta 0.99.5, no sanea y escapa de algunos de sus ajustes, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con altos privilegios, como el administrador, llevar a cabo ataques de tipo Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado cuando la función unfiltered_html no está permitida (por ejemplo, en una configuración multisitio)

The Better Tag Cloud plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several setting parameters in versions up to, and including, 0.99.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

*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
Low
Authentication
Multiple
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-07-14 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-07-18 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-03 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Better Tag Cloud Project
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 Better Tag Cloud
Search vendor "Better Tag Cloud Project" for product "Better Tag Cloud"
 <= 0.99.5
Search vendor "Better Tag Cloud Project" for product "Better Tag Cloud" and version " <= 0.99.5"
wordpress
Affected