CVE-2022-0450 Menu Image, Icons made easy < 3.0.8 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated subscribers can inject malicious scripts into menu settings due to missing authorization and sanitization, leading to stored XSS on the frontend.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0450?
CVE-2022-0450 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Menu Image, Icons made easy, published on 28 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 Menu Image, Icons made easy WordPress plugin before 3.0.6 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when saving menu settings, and does not validate, sanitise and escape them. As a result, any authenticate users, such as subscriber can update the settings or arbitrary menu and put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them which will be triggered in the related menu in the frontend
Weakness: CWE-116
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0450?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freshlightlab Menu Image\, Icons Made Easy.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0450?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0450 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-2022-0450 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0450 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Menu Image, Icons made easy
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rwc4-w23c-gc77.