CVE-2022-3135 (GCVE-0-2022-3135)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-26 12:35 – Updated: 2025-05-21 19:14
VLAI
Title
SEO Smart Links <= 3.0.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The SEO Smart Links WordPress plugin through 3.0.1 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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown SEO Smart Links Affected: 3.0.1 , ≤ 3.0.1 (custom)
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Credits
Fjowel
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