PT-2022-16382 · WordPress · Wordpress Comments Fields

Rafshanzani Suhada · Published 2022-08-08 · Updated 2022-08-11 · CVE-2022-2398

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 WordPress Comments Fields WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.1

Description The issue allows high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of escaping in Field Error Message, even when unfiltered html is disallowed.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.1, update to version 4.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-2398

Affected Products

Wordpress Comments Fields

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0a218789-9a78-49ca-b919-fa61d33d5672 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2398 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2398 · Security Note