CVE-2022-4954 Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2022-4954?

CVE-2022-4954 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in pluginbuilders Waiting: One-click countdowns, published on 20 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown name in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4954?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Plugin Waiting.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4954?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4954 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-2022-4954 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4954 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in pluginbuilders Waiting: One-click countdowns

• CVE-2023-28659 SQL injection in Waiting: One-click Countdowns WordPress Plugin High 8.8
• CVE-2023-2757 Cross-site scripting in Waiting: One-click countdowns High 7.4
• CVE-2023-3999 Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Missing Authorization Medium 6.3
• CVE-2023-4000 Waiting: One-click countdowns <= 0.6.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Medium 6.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4pgc-4ghm-q2mf.