CVE-2022-1889 Newsletter < 7.4.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via the preheader_text setting in the Newsletter plugin, potentially compromising other users.
- 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-2022-1889?
CVE-2022-1889 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress, published on 20 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Newsletter WordPress plugin before 7.4.6 does not escape and sanitise the preheader_text setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfilteredhtml is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1889?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Thenewsletterplugin Newsletter.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1889?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1889 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-2022-1889 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1889 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress
- CVE-2020-35933 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2024-5317 Newsletter <= 8.3.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via np1
- CVE-2023-4772 Newsletter <= 7.8.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- CVE-2023-27922 Cross-site scripting in Newsletter
- CVE-2022-1756 Newsletter < 7.4.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qf3v-9qqm-2rm9.