CVE-2022-38073 WordPress Awesome Support plugin <= 6.0.7 - Multiple Authenticated Persistent XSS (Additional Interested Parties)

What is CVE-2022-38073?

CVE-2022-38073 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Awesome Support (WordPress plugin), published on 21 Sep 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

Multiple Authenticated (custom specific plugin role) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Awesome Support plugin <= 6.0.7 at WordPress.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38073?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including awesome-support/awesome-support. It affects 1 product.

Products include Getawesomesupport Awesome Support.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38073?

Upgrade awesome-support/awesome-support to 6.0.8 or later.

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-2022-38073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Awesome Support (WordPress plugin)

• CVE-2024-0594 Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin <= 6.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2023-5355 Awesome Support < 6.1.5 - Submitter+ Arbitrary File Deletion High 8.1
• CVE-2015-9318 Cross-site scripting in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2023-49857 WordPress Awesome Support plugin <= 6.1.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2022-3511 Awesome Support < 6.1.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Exported Tickets Download Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-qrqm-574x-q7f2.