CVE-2022-1643 Birthdays Widget <= 1.7.18 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized fields in the Birthdays Widget 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-2022-1643?
CVE-2022-1643 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Birthdays Widget, 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 Birthdays Widget WordPress plugin through 1.7.18 does not sanitise and escape some of its fields, 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-2022-1643?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Birthdays Widget Project Birthdays Widget.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1643?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1643 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-2022-1643 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1643 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vgw-pq78-289g.