CVE-2022-0418 Event List < 0.8.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts into Event List settings, potentially compromising other admin accounts.
- 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-2022-0418?
CVE-2022-0418 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Event List, published on 2 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 Event List WordPress plugin before 0.8.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other admin even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0418?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Event List Project Event List.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0418?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0418 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-2022-0418 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0418 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Event List
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p96g-c878-c43j.