CVE-2022-0376 User Meta < 2.4.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized form names and labels in the User Meta WordPress plugin admin dashboard.
- 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-2022-0376?
CVE-2022-0376 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin, published on 30 May 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 Meta WordPress plugin before 2.4.3 does not sanitise and escape the Form Name, as well as Shared Field Labels before outputting them in the admin dashboard when editing a form, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0376?
It affects 1 product.
Products include User-Meta User Meta User Profile Builder and User Management.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0376?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0376 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-2022-0376 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0376 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Meta – User Profile Builder and User management plugin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vw5x-4vp3-h26h.