# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p2c9-6h79-p9j6, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2839

## 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.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2839?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2840/): Zephyr Project Manager < 3.2.5 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-37484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37484/): WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.97 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-7624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7624/): Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.101 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Privilege Escalation (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-38761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38761/): WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.99 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Export File vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-32526](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32526/): WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.101 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2839 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2839 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Zephyr Project Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2839/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2839/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2839
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2839
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2839

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2839/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.