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CVE-2022-45848

WordPress Contest Gallery Plugin <= 13.1.0.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity Score

6.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Unauth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Contest Gallery plugin <= 13.1.0.9 on WordPress.

Vulnerabilidad de Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Almacenada No Autenticada en el complemento Contest Gallery &lt;= 13.1.0.9 en WordPress.

The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 13.1.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

*Credits: thiennv (Patchstack Alliance)
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2022-11-23 CVE Reserved
  • 2022-11-23 CVE Published
  • 2024-06-28 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-592: Stored XSS
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Contest-gallery
Search vendor "Contest-gallery"
 Contest Gallery
Search vendor "Contest-gallery" for product "Contest Gallery"
 <= 13.1.0.9
Search vendor "Contest-gallery" for product "Contest Gallery" and version " <= 13.1.0.9"
wordpress
Affected