CVE-2022-4042 Paytium < 4.3.7 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Paytium WordPress plugin, affecting multisite environments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4042?
CVE-2022-4042 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations, published on 26 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations WordPress plugin before 4.3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4042?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paytium Paytium.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4042?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4042 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-2022-4042 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4042 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations
- CVE-2023-7291 Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'create_mollie_account'
- CVE-2023-7294 Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'create_mollie_profile'
- CVE-2024-25099 WordPress Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations Plugin <= 4.4.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-7287 Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'pt_cancel_subscription'
- CVE-2023-7288 Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 4.3.7 - Missing Authorization in 'update_profile_preference'
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xfp4-93xh-85w6.