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2 vulnerabilities by highlight_focus_project
CVE-2022-3462 (GCVE-0-2022-3462)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-11-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-01 20:42
VLAI
Title
Highlight Focus <= 1.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
Summary
The Highlight Focus WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Highlight Focus |
Affected:
1.1 , ≤ 1.1
(custom)
|
Credits
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CVE-2022-3462 (GCVE-0-2022-3462)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-01 20:42
VLAI
Title
Highlight Focus <= 1.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
Summary
The Highlight Focus WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Highlight Focus |
Affected:
1.1 , ≤ 1.1
(custom)
|
Credits
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