PT-2022-20073 · WordPress · Gettext Override Translations

Su Xue Ming · Published 2022-09-19 · Updated 2022-09-21 · CVE-2022-3036

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 Gettext override translations WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.0.0

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This can occur even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example, in a multisite setup.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.0, update to version 2.0.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-3036

Affected Products

Gettext Override Translations

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dbc85dd-736c-492e-9db8-acb7195771aa · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3036 · Security Note