CVE-2022-1469 FiboSearch < 1.18.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Admin users can inject malicious scripts into FiboSearch settings, leading to stored XSS attacks 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-2022-1469?
CVE-2022-1469 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce, published on 6 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The FiboSearch WordPress plugin before 1.17.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1469?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fibosearch Fibosearch.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1469?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1469 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-2022-1469 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1469 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cvhc-f2jq-2fjp.