PT-2022-14173 · WordPress · The Newsletter

Phyo Win Shein · Published 2022-06-20 · Updated 2022-06-28 · CVE-2022-1889

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Newsletter WordPress plugin versions prior to 7.4.6

Description The issue concerns a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack. High privilege users could exploit this when the unfilteredhtml is disallowed, due to the lack of proper escaping and sanitization of the preheader text setting.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.4.6, update to version 7.4.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the preheader text setting to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-1889

Affected Products

The Newsletter

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ee3832e2-ce40-4063-a23e-44c7f7f5f46a · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1889 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1889 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/31895 · Telegram Post