PT-2022-22249 · WordPress · Highlight Focus Wordpress Plugin

Huntersherlock + 1 · Published 2022-11-07 · Updated 2022-11-09 · CVE-2022-3462

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 Highlight Focus WordPress plugin versions 1.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, even 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 Highlight Focus WordPress plugin versions 1.1 and earlier, update to a version that addresses the sanitization and escaping of settings to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-3462

Affected Products

Highlight Focus Wordpress Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b583de48-1332-4984-8c0c-a7ed4a2397cd · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3462 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3462 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/37410 · Telegram Post