CVE-2022-1945 Coming Soon and Maintenance by Colorlib < 1.0.99 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode 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-2022-1945?
CVE-2022-1945 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib, 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 Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib WordPress plugin before 1.0.99 does not sanitize and escape some settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1945?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Colorlib Coming Soon \& Maintenance Mode.
How do I fix CVE-2022-1945?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1945 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-2022-1945 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1945 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ccp8-xc34-pq86.