PT-2022-13590 · WordPress · Smush

Taurus Omar · Published 2022-05-30 · Updated 2022-06-08 · CVE-2022-1009

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Smush WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.9.9

Description The issue arises from the Smush WordPress plugin not sanitizing and escaping a configuration parameter before outputting it back in an admin page when uploading a malicious preset configuration, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting. For the attack to be successful, an attacker would need an admin to upload a malicious configuration file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.9.9, update to version 3.9.9 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the admin page where the configuration parameter is output to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid uploading untrusted configuration files to prevent potential attacks.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-1009

Affected Products

Smush

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb5af08f-bb19-46a1-a7ac-8381f428c11e · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1009 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/43542 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/30886 · Telegram Post