PT-2022-19616 · WordPress · Messages

Ngo Van + 1 · Published 2022-06-15 · Updated 2022-06-27 · CVE-2022-29442

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Messages For WordPress versions prior to 2.1.11

Description The issue is related to an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This means that an attacker with a subscriber or higher user role can inject malicious scripts into the application, potentially affecting other users.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.1.11, update to version 2.1.11 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-29442

Affected Products

Messages

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29442 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29442 · Security Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/private-messages-for-wordpress/wordpress-private-messages-for-wordpress-plugin-2-1-10-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-messages-for-wordpress · Note