CVE-2022-2040 Brizy Page Builder < 2.4.2 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Element URL

What is CVE-2022-2040?

CVE-2022-2040 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Brizy – Page Builder, 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 Brizy WordPress plugin before 2.4.2 does not sanitise and escape some element URL, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2040?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Brizy Brizy.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2040?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2040 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-2022-2040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Brizy – Page Builder

• CVE-2024-10960 Brizy – Page Builder <= 2.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload via storeUploads Critical 9.9
• CVE-2024-3242 Brizy – Page Builder <= 2.4.44 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload High 8.8
• CVE-2024-1311 Brizy – Page Builder <= 2.4.40 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload High 8.8
• CVE-2024-3667 Brizy – Page Builder <= 2.4.43 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Store Cross-Site Scripting via Widget Link To URL High 7.4
• CVE-2020-36714 Brizy < 1.0.126 - Authorization Bypass to Settings Updates High 7.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8695-qgww-9hwp.