CVE-2022-1557 ULeak Security & Monitoring <= 1.2.3 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated subscribers can inject malicious scripts via plugin settings, leading to stored XSS attacks against administrators.
- 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-2022-1557?
CVE-2022-1557 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown ULeak Security & Monitoring Plugin, published on 16 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 ULeak Security & Monitoring WordPress plugin through 1.2.3 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating its settings, and is also lacking sanitisation as well as escaping in some of them, which could allow any authenticated users such as subscriber to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins viewing the settings
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1557?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Uleak-Security-Dashboard Project Uleak-Security-Dashboard.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1557?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1557 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-2022-1557 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1557 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jc88-pjw2-xprh.