CVE-2022-1750 Sticky Popup <= 1.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated admins can inject arbitrary scripts via the popup title parameter, affecting sites with unfiltered_html disabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1750?
CVE-2022-1750 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in numixtech Sticky Popup, published on 13 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Sticky Popup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘ popup_title' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with admin level capabilities and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This issue mostly affects sites where unfiltered_html has been disabled for administrators and on multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1750?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sticky Popup Project Sticky Popup.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1750?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1750 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-2022-1750 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1750 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7hvf-4934-vphx.