CVE-2022-0230 (GCVE-0-2022-0230)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-14 14:41 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:18
VLAI
Title
Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps <= 1.4.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin through 1.4.1 does not sanitise and escape its logs when outputting them in the admin dashboard, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c73316d2-ae6a-42… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Better WordPress Google XML Sitemaps (support Sitemap Index, Multi-site and Google News) |
Affected:
1.4.1 , ≤ 1.4.1
(custom)
|
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Nomenclature
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