CVE-2022-0449 Flexi - Guest Submit < 4.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Attackers can inject malicious scripts into the user dashboard via unsanitized parameters, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0449?
CVE-2022-0449 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Flexi – Guest Submit, published on 14 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Flexi WordPress plugin before 4.20 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in some pages such as the user dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0449?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Odude Flexi.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0449 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-2022-0449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgvr-3m27-2x5c.