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    1 vulnerability by mmaunder

    CVE-2022-3144 (GCVE-0-2022-3144)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-23 13:54 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:04
    VLAI
    Title
    Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan <= 7.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Summary
    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.
    Severity
    4.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Ori Gabriel
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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