# CVE-2022-0898: IgniteUp <= 3.4.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Stored Cross-Site Scripting in IgniteUp plugin allows high-privilege users to inject malicious scripts when unfiltered_html is disabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 9 May 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mhjw-crgh-9xcw

## What is CVE-2022-0898?

CVE-2022-0898 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown IgniteUp – Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode, published on 9 May 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 IgniteUp WordPress plugin through 3.4.1 does not sanitise and escape some fields when high privilege users don't have the unfiltered_html capability, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0898?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Getigniteup Igniteup.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown IgniteUp – Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode

- [CVE-2019-17237](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17237/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-17234](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17234/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-17236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17236/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-17235](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17235/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0898 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0898 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown IgniteUp – Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode, published on 9 May 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown IgniteUp – Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode. 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-2022-0898/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0898/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0898
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0898
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0898

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0898/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.