PT-2022-16476 · WordPress · Better Tag Cloud

Krishna Harsha Kondaveeti + 1 · Published 2022-08-08 · Updated 2022-08-12 · CVE-2022-2412

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 Better Tag Cloud WordPress plugin versions prior to 0.99.6

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example in a multisite setup. This is due to the plugin not sanitizing and escaping some of its settings.

Recommendations For Better Tag Cloud WordPress plugin versions prior to 0.99.6, update to version 0.99.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-2412

Affected Products

Better Tag Cloud

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc384cea-ae44-473c-8aa9-a84a2821bdc6 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2412 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2412 · Security Note