# CVE-2022-1776: Icegram < 2.1.8 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized campaign parameters in the Icegram WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j7w3-3pcg-w99p

## What is CVE-2022-1776?

CVE-2022-1776 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popups, Welcome Bar, Optins and Lead Generation Plugin – Icegram, published on 27 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 Popups, Welcome Bar, Optins and Lead Generation Plugin WordPress plugin before 2.1.8 does not sanitize and escape some campaign parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1776?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Icegram Popups\, Welcome Bar\, Optins and Lead Generation Plugin.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1776?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1776 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1776 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Popups, Welcome Bar, Optins and Lead Generation Plugin – Icegram, published on 27 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Popups, Welcome Bar, Optins and Lead Generation Plugin – Icegram. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1776/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1776/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1776
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1776
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1776

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1776/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.