CVE-2022-3144

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.

CVSS v3.0 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-3144	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2780937%40wordfence&new=2780937%40wordfence&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/#developers	Release Notes

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordfence:wordfence_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-09-23 07:15

Updated : 2022-09-23 12:45

NVD link : CVE-2022-3144

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3144

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Products Affected

wordfence

wordfence_security

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