CVE-2022-0876 Social comments by WpDevArt < 2.5.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Social comments by WpDevArt WordPress plugin.
- 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-2022-0876?
CVE-2022-0876 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social comments by WpDevArt, published on 25 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 Social comments by WpDevArt WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0876?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpdevart Social Comments.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0876?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0876 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-2022-0876 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0876 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6pg3-hcfh-qp3j.