CVE-2022-1593 Site Offline or Coming Soon <= 1.6.6 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via CSRF
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via CSRF in the Site Offline or Coming Soon plugin, potentially compromising admin accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1593?
CVE-2022-1593 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Site Offline or Coming Soon, published on 27 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Site Offline or Coming Soon WordPress plugin through 1.6.6 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, and it also lacking sanitisation as well as escaping in some of them. As a result, attackers could make a logged in admin change them and put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them via a CSRF attack
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1593?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Site Offline or Coming Soon Project Site Offline or Coming Soon.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1593?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1593 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-2022-1593 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1593 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-74jq-pr3q-vvcf.