CVE-2022-0737 Text Hover < 4.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized hover text in the Text Hover WordPress plugin, potentially compromising site integrity.
- 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-2022-0737?
CVE-2022-0737 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Text Hover, published on 18 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Text Hover WordPress plugin before 4.2 does not sanitize and escape the text to hover, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0737?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Text Hover Project Text Hover.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0737?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0737 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-2022-0737 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0737 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xg54-3m24-j48q.