CVE-2022-2629 Top Bar < 3.0.4 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Admins can inject malicious scripts via plugin settings in multisite setups, leading to stored XSS attacks on frontend pages.
- 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-2022-2629?
CVE-2022-2629 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Top Bar, published on 10 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Top Bar WordPress plugin before 3.0.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting them in frontend pages, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2629?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpdarko Top Bar.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2629?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2629 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-2022-2629 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2629 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Top Bar
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q6g9-37mh-p56c.