CVE-2022-2839 Zephyr Project Manager < 3.2.55 - Unauthorised AJAX Calls To Stored XSS
Unauthenticated attackers can trigger stored XSS via AJAX actions, potentially compromising admin accounts in the Zephyr Project Manager plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-2839?
CVE-2022-2839 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Zephyr Project Manager, published on 3 Oct 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 Zephyr Project Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.55 does not have any authorisation as well as CSRF in all its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to call them either directly or via CSRF attacks. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could also allow them to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2839?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zephyr-One Zephyr Project Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2839?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2839 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-2022-2839 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2839 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Zephyr Project Manager
- CVE-2022-2840 Zephyr Project Manager < 3.2.5 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQLi
- CVE-2024-37484 WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.97 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2024-7624 Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.101 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-38761 WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.99 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Export File vulnerability
- CVE-2025-32526 WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.101 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p2c9-6h79-p9j6, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2839.