CVE-2022-4668 Easy Appointments < 3.11.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS in Shortcode
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially compromising admin accounts in Easy Appointments.
- 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-2022-4668?
CVE-2022-4668 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Appointments, published on 23 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 Easy Appointments WordPress plugin before 3.11.2 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4668?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Easy-Appointments Easy Appointments.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4668?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4668 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-2022-4668 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4668 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Easy Appointments
- CVE-2024-2842 Easy Appointments <= 3.11.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2017-15812 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2023-30748 WordPress Easy Appointments plugin <= 3.10.7 - Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-2844 Easy Appointments <= 3.11.18 - Insufficient Authorization
- CVE-2022-36424 WordPress Easy Appointments Plugin <= 3.11.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2xhc-425v-mmxp.