# CVE-2022-3440: Rock Convert < 2.6.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Rock Convert WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via unsanitized URLs in specific widgets.

- **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:** 31 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 6 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6g66-cmpw-635m

## What is CVE-2022-3440?

CVE-2022-3440 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Rock Convert, published on 31 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 Rock Convert WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 does not sanitise and escape an URL before outputting it back in an attribute when a specific widget is present on a page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3440?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockcontent Rock Convert.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3440?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3440 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3440 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3440 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Rock Convert

- [CVE-2022-36428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36428/): WordPress Rock Convert plugin <= 2.11.0 - Auth. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2022-3441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3441/): Rock Convert < 2.11.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3440 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3440 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Rock Convert, published on 31 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: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3440 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Rock Convert. 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-2022-3440/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3440/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3440
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3440
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3440

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3440/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.