CVE-2022-1628

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 Medium 5.4

Description

The Simple SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to attribute-based stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including 1.7.91, due to insufficient sanitization or escaping on the SEO social and standard title parameters. This can be exploited by authenticated users with Contributor and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into posts/pages that execute whenever an administrator access the page.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-1628

Assigner
security@wordfence.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-09-06T18:15:10

Last Modified Date
2022-09-09T04:36:25

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:coleds:simple_seo::::::wordpress::*	1	OR		1.7.91

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.4

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.3

Impact Score
2.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2754807%40cds-simple-seo&new=2754807%40cds-simple-seo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1628

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1628
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1628

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-09-06 19:00:11				Added to TrackCVE