CVE-2022-4622 Login Logout Menu <= 1.3.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS in Shortcode
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the Login Logout Menu plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- 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-2022-4622?
CVE-2022-4622 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Login Logout Menu, published on 21 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 Login Logout Menu WordPress plugin through 1.3.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4622?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpbrigade Login Logout Menu.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4622?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4622 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-2022-4622 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4622 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Login Logout Menu
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wh6h-cv93-v7rg.