CVE-2022-1938 Awin Data Feed < 1.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via headers, leading to stored XSS attacks against logged-in administrators viewing plugin settings.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-1938?
CVE-2022-1938 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Awin Data Feed, published on 11 Jul 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 Awin Data Feed WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not sanitise and escape a header when processing request to generate analytics data, allowing unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against a logged in admin viewing the plugin's settings
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1938?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Awin Awin Data Feed.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1938?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1938 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-2022-1938 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1938 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Awin Data Feed
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9xww-pc5r-jrpc.