PT-2022-22952 · Hans Matzen · Wp-Forecast

Rasi Afeef · Published 2022-09-09 · Updated 2022-09-10 · CVE-2022-35725

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 Hans Matzen's wp-forecast plugin versions <= 7.5

Description The issue is an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This means that an attacker with admin or higher privileges can inject malicious scripts into the application, which can then be executed by other users. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information provided about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Hans Matzen's wp-forecast plugin versions <= 7.5, update to a version higher than 7.5 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about other mitigation measures.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-35725

Affected Products

Wp-Forecast

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35725 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-35725 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-forecast/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/49536 · Telegram Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-forecast/wordpress-wp-forecast-plugin-7-5-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability/_s_id=cve · Note