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GHSA-P294-P2WV-22G4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-01-11 09:30

Details

The Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.

Severity

4.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2022-3144 (GCVE-0-2022-3144)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-23 13:54 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:04

Title

Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan <= 7.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Summary

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
mmaunder	Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security	Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.6.0 (semver)

Credits

Ori Gabriel

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GHSA-P294-P2WV-22G4

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