CVE-2022-2170 Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking < 1.0.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts into Microsoft Advertising UET plugin settings, potentially affecting frontpage visitors.
- 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-2022-2170?
CVE-2022-2170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET), published on 1 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed. Due to the nature of this plugin, well crafted XSS can also leak into the frontpage.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2170?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2170?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2170 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-2022-2170 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-453h-cfq2-hp69.