CVE-2022-2340 W-DALIL <= 2.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts in W-DALIL plugin fields, affecting multisite setups where 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-2022-2340?
CVE-2022-2340 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown W-DALIL, published on 25 Jul 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The W-DALIL WordPress plugin through 2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its fields, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2340?
It affects 1 product.
Products include W-Dalil Project W-Dalil.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2340 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-2022-2340 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2340 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j76j-9gm2-g9rq.