CVE-2022-1387 No Future Posts <= 1.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unescaped settings in the No Future Posts plugin when unfiltered HTML is disabled.

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-2022-1387?

CVE-2022-1387 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown No Future Posts, published on 30 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The No Future Posts WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not escape its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1387?

It affects 1 product.

Products include No Future Posts Project No Future Posts.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1387?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1387 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-2022-1387 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1387 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7j8m-m84p-44fq.

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