# CVE-2022-0423: 3D FlipBook < 1.12.1 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts into 3D FlipBook pages due to missing sanitization and authorization checks, potentially compromising other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c583-9xxq-8f2p

## What is CVE-2022-0423?

CVE-2022-0423 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown 3D FlipBook – PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery, published on 21 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 3D FlipBook WordPress plugin before 1.12.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating its settings, and does not have any sanitisation/escaping, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in all pages with a 3d flipbook.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0423?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 3dflipbook 3d Flipbook.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0423?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0423 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0423 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0423 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown 3D FlipBook – PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery

- [CVE-2025-5289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5289/): Cross-site scripting in 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-3883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3883/): 3D FlipBook <= 1.15.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scritping via Bookmark URL (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1081/): 3D FlipBook – PDF Flipbook WordPress <= 1.15.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Bookmarks (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-6776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6776/): 3D Flipbook <= 1.15.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting via Ready Function (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2022-4453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4453/): 3D FlipBook <= 1.13.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0423 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0423 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown 3D FlipBook – PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery, published on 21 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0423 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown 3D FlipBook – PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery. 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-2022-0423/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0423/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0423
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0423
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0423

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0423/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.