# CVE-2022-3144: Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan <= 7.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Administrators can inject malicious scripts into plugin settings, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p294-p2wv-22g4

## What is CVE-2022-3144?

CVE-2022-3144 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security, published on 23 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3144?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wordfence Wordfence Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3144?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3144 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3144 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

- [CVE-2014-4932](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4932/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3144 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3144 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security, published on 23 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security. 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-2022-3144/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3144/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3144
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3144
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3144

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3144/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.