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CVE-2022-0429 (GCVE-0-2022-0429)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-07 08:16 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:25
VLAI
Title
WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan < 8.9.6 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan WordPress plugin before 8.9.6 does not sanitise the $url variable before using it in an attribute in the Activity tab in the plugins dashboard, leading to an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan Affected: 8.9.6 , < 8.9.6 (custom)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając
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