CVE-2022-0201 Permalink Manager < 2.2.15 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2022-0201?

CVE-2022-0201 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Maciej Bis Permalink Manager Lite, published on 14 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Permalink Manager Lite WordPress plugin before 2.2.15 and Permalink Manager Pro WordPress plugin before 2.2.15 do not sanitise and escape query parameters before outputting them back in the debug page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0201?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Permalink Manager Lite Project Permalink Manager Lite, Permalink Manager Project Permalink Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0201?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-0201 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0201 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

Other vulnerabilities in Maciej Bis Permalink Manager Lite

• CVE-2022-4021 Permalink Manager Lite <= 2.2.20.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery High 8.8
• CVE-2021-24769 Permalink Manager Lite < 2.2.13.1 - Admin+ SQL Injection High 7.2
• CVE-2024-37257 WordPress Permalink Manager Lite plugin <= 2.4.3.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability High 7.1
• CVE-2024-29092 WordPress Permalink Manager Lite plugin <= 2.4.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability High 7.1
• CVE-2022-41781 WordPress Permalink Manager Lite plugin <= 2.2.20 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8pm6-f5wq-7x35.