CVE-2022-1549 WP Athletics <= 1.1.7 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters, leading to stored XSS in the admin dashboard of WP Athletics plugin.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1549?
CVE-2022-1549 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Athletics, published on 13 Jun 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 WP Athletics WordPress plugin through 1.1.7 does not sanitize parameters before storing them in the database, nor does it escape the values when outputting them back in the admin dashboard, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1549?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wp Athletics Project Wp Athletics.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1549?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1549 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-2022-1549 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1549 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Athletics
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x9ch-v34x-c7q3.