# CVE-2022-3209: Soledad < 8.2.5 - Reflected Cross-site Scripting

> Reflected XSS in Soledad WordPress theme allows attackers to inject scripts via unsanitized AJAX parameters, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c975-8p92-pprh

## What is CVE-2022-3209?

CVE-2022-3209 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown soledad, published on 10 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The soledad WordPress theme before 8.2.5 does not sanitise the {id,datafilter[type],...} parameters in its penci_more_slist_post_ajax AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3209?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pencidesign Soledad.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3209?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3209 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3209 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3209 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown soledad

- [CVE-2023-49825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49825/): WordPress Soledad Theme <= 8.4.1 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-49826](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49826/): WordPress Soledad Theme <= 8.4.1 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-31367](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31367/): WordPress Soledad theme <= 8.4.2 - Authenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-49827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49827/): WordPress Soledad Theme <= 8.4.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-31368](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31368/): WordPress Soledad theme <= 8.4.2 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3209 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3209 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown soledad, published on 10 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3209 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown soledad. 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-2022-3209/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3209/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3209
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3209
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3209

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3209/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.