CVE-2022-29444 WordPress Breeze plugin <= 2.0.2 - Plugin Settings Change leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Subscribers can modify Breeze plugin settings via AJAX actions, enabling Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users.
- 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-2022-29444?
CVE-2022-29444 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze (WordPress plugin), published on 2 May 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
Plugin Settings Change leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze plugin <= 2.0.2 on WordPress allows users with a subscriber or higher user role to execute any of the wp_ajax_* actions in the class Breeze_Configuration which includes the ability to change any of the plugin's settings including CDN setting which could be further used for XSS attack.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29444?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cloudways Breeze.
How do I fix CVE-2022-29444?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29444 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-2022-29444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qm2w-68c6-wxv5.