CVE-2022-4468 WP Recipe Maker < 8.6.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially compromising admin accounts in WP Recipe Maker.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4468?
CVE-2022-4468 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Recipe Maker, published on 9 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The WP Recipe Maker WordPress plugin before 8.6.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4468?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bootstrapped Wp Recipe Maker.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4468?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4468 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-2022-4468 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4468 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Recipe Maker
- CVE-2024-1206 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injecton
- CVE-2024-9650 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'tooltip'
- CVE-2024-0383 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'group_tag'
- CVE-2024-3490 Cross-site scripting in WP Recipe Maker
- CVE-2024-0255 WP Recipe Maker <= 9.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via icon_color
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2w97-hhmp-jmj9.