CVE-2022-4027

Simple:Press <= 6.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Forum Replies

CVSS 7.2 HIGHEPSS 0.6%CWE-79

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

29 Nov 2022Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'postitem' parameter manipulated during a forum response in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping that makes injecting object and embed tags possible. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages when responding to forum threads that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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

Affected products

simplepress · Simple:Press Forum

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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2804020%40simplepress&new=2804020%40simplepress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4707fcf6-ad11-4ffc-ba56-30f6571e3d9e?source=cve https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4027