CVE-2022-3506

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp prior to 2.1.3.

Una vulnerabilidad de tipo Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Almacenado en el repositorio de GitHub barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp versiones anteriores a 2.1.3

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘heading_text’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Note, this vulnerability was independently found by two researchers.

*Credits: Marco Wotschka,Juampa Rodríguez

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

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

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-10-14 CVE Reserved
2022-10-14 CVE Published
2024-05-06 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 (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://huntr.dev/bounties/08251542-88f6-4264-9074-a89984034828	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp/commit/37733398dd88863fc0bdb3d6d378598429fd0b81	2023-03-06

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Never5 Search vendor "Never5"		Related Posts Search vendor "Never5" for product "Related Posts"				< 2.1.3 Search vendor "Never5" for product "Related Posts" and version " < 2.1.3"		wordpress		Affected