CVE-2022-4577 Easy Testimonials < 3.9.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially compromising admin accounts in Easy Testimonials.
- 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-2022-4577?
CVE-2022-4577 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Testimonials, published on 6 Feb 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 Easy Testimonials WordPress plugin before 3.9.3 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 admins.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4577?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Goldplugins Easy Testimonials.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4577?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4577 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-2022-4577 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4577 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Easy Testimonials
- CVE-2024-2337 Easy Testimonials <= 3.9.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- CVE-2018-19564 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2017-12131 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2020-14959 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2020-36749 Easy Testimonials <= 3.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwj4-5mgc-phhv.