CVE-2022-2799 Affiliates Manager < 2.9.14 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin.
- 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-2022-2799?
CVE-2022-2799 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Affiliates Manager, published on 16 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.14 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2799?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpaffiliatemanager Affiliates Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2799?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2799 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-2022-2799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Affiliates Manager
- CVE-2019-15868 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2022-2798 Affiliates Manager < 2.9.14 - Affiliate CSV Injection
- CVE-2021-24844 Affiliate Manager < 2.8.7 - Admin+ SQL injection
- CVE-2021-25078 Affiliates Manager < 2.9.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-28986 WordPress Affiliates Manager Plugin <= 2.9.20 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gg3w-9qrw-p79x.