CVE-2022-3408 (GCVE-0-2022-3408)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-31 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-06 20:15
VLAI?
Title
WP Word Count <= 3.2.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The WP Word Count WordPress plugin through 3.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.
Severity ?
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown WP Word Count Affected: 3.2.3 , ≤ 3.2.3 (custom)
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Credits
lucy
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