CVE-2022-3144
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
23/09/2022
Last modified:
11/01/2024
Description
The Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.80
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wordfence:wordfence_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 7.6.0 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2780937%40wordfence&new=2780937%40wordfence
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/833eb481-4fb4-432e-8e93-3f497ccbf1eb?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-3144



