CVE-2022-0209 Mitsol Social Post Feed < 1.11 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unescaped settings in the Mitsol Social Post Feed plugin, leading to stored XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0209?
CVE-2022-0209 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Mitsol Social Post Feed, published on 13 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Mitsol Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 1.11 does not escape some of its settings before outputting them back in attributes, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0209?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Facebook-Wall-and-Social-Integration Project Facebook-Wall-and-Social-Integration.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0209?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0209 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-2022-0209 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0209 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q4pc-hf7q-mgpw.