# CVE-2022-0232: User Registration, Login & Landing Pages – LeadMagic <= 1.2.7 Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Administrators can inject arbitrary web scripts via the loader_text parameter in this WordPress plugin, affecting sites with unfiltered_html disabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 31 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-22xh-wmr8-5cwg

## What is CVE-2022-0232?

CVE-2022-0232 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in User Registration, Login & Landing Pages – LeadMagic , published on 18 Jan 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The User Registration, Login & Landing Pages WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the loader_text parameter found in the ~/includes/templates/landing-page.php file which allows attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.2.7. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0232?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Metagauss Leadmagic.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0232?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0232 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0232 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in User Registration, Login & Landing Pages – LeadMagic , published on 18 Jan 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: User Registration, Login & Landing Pages – LeadMagic . No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0232/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0232/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0232
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0232
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0232

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0232/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.