CVE-2022-1628 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2022-1628 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 06/09/2022 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2022
Source: Wordfence | Vendor: coleds | Product: Simple SEO
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2022-1628 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 6.4 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* LOW
    Integrity Impact (I)* LOW
    Availability Impact (A)* NONE

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-79
CWE Name: CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Source: coleds

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).