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FKIE_CVE-2022-29418

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-04-25 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:40

Severity

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

Authenticated (admin user role) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Mark Daniels Night Mode plugin <= 1.0.0 on WordPress via vulnerable parameters: &ntmode_page_setting[enable-me], &ntmode_page_setting[bg-color], &ntmode_page_setting[txt-color], &ntmode_page_setting[anc_color].

References

URL	Tags
audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/night-mode/wordpress-night-mode-plugin-1-0-0-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability	Third Party Advisory
audit@patchstack.com	https://wordpress.org/plugins/night-mode/#developers	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/night-mode/wordpress-night-mode-plugin-1-0-0-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wordpress.org/plugins/night-mode/#developers	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	night_mode_project	night_mode	*

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CVE-2022-29418 (GCVE-0-2022-29418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-25 16:53 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07

Title

WordPress Night Mode plugin <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Summary

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: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-20 19:31 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://wordpress.org/plugins/night-mode/#developers	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/nig…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Mark Daniels	Night Mode (WordPress plugin)	Affected: <= 1.0.0 , ≤ 1.0.0 (custom)

Date Public

2022-04-25 00:00

Credits

Vulnerability discovered by Ex.Mi (Patchstack)

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