CVE-2022-28290

WordPress Country Selector <= 1.6.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via AJAX call of check_country_selector

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Reflective Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in WordPress Country Selector Plugin Version 1.6.5. The XSS payload executes whenever the user tries to access the country selector page with the specified payload as a part of the HTTP request

Una vulnerabilidad de tipo Cross-Site Scripting reflectante en el plugin Country Selector de WordPress versión 1.6.5. La carga útil de tipo XSS es ejecutada cada vez que el usuario intenta acceder a la página del selector de países con el payload especificado como parte de la petición HTTP

The Country Selector Plugin is vulnerable Cross-Site Scripting. The payload executes whenever the user tries to access the country selector page with the specified payload as a part of the HTTP request. Versions up to 1.6.5 are affected.

*Credits: Cyber Security Works Pvt. Ltd

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-03-30 CVE Published
2022-03-31 CVE Reserved
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2025-01-08 EPSS Updated
---------- 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://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2022-28290-reflected-cross-site-scripting-in-welaunch.html	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
Welaunch Search vendor "Welaunch"		Wordpress Country Selector Search vendor "Welaunch" for product "Wordpress Country Selector"				1.6.5 Search vendor "Welaunch" for product "Wordpress Country Selector" and version "1.6.5"		wordpress		Affected