CVE-2022-0205 YOP Poll < 6.3.5 - Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
An attacker with author privileges can inject malicious scripts into YOP Poll settings, leading to stored cross-site scripting attacks against other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0205?
CVE-2022-0205 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown YOP Poll, published on 7 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The YOP Poll WordPress plugin before 6.3.5 does not sanitise and escape some of the settings (available to users with a role as low as author) before outputting them, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0205?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yop-Poll Yop-Poll.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0205?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0205 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-2022-0205 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0205 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown YOP Poll
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqxv-7446-q28c.