# CVE-2022-0598: Login with phone number < 1.3.8 - Multiple Admin+ Stored XSS

> High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via plugin settings, bypassing security filters to execute code in admin sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q7qx-qp8g-vh44

## What is CVE-2022-0598?

CVE-2022-0598 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Login with phone number, published on 1 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Login with phone number WordPress plugin before 1.3.8 does not sanitise and escape plugin settings which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0598?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Idehweb Login With Phone Number.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Login with phone number

- [CVE-2024-6482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6482/): Login with phone number <= 1.7.49 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authorization Bypass to Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-4916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4916/): Login with phone number <= 1.5.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Password Change (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-23492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23492/): SQL injection in Login with Phone Number WordPress Plugin (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-0593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0593/): Login with phone number < 1.3.7 - Unauthenticated remote plugin deletion (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-37429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37429/): WordPress Login with phone number plugin <= 1.7.35 - Admin+ Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0598 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0598 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Login with phone number, published on 1 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Login with phone number. 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-2022-0598/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0598/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0598
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0598
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0598

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0598/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.