PT-2022-23289 · Roman Pronskiy · Search Exclude

Muhammad Daffa · Published 2022-08-23 · Updated 2022-08-26 · CVE-2022-36282

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 Roman Pronskiy's Search Exclude plugin versions 1.2.6 and earlier

Description The issue is related to an Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This means that an attacker with editor or higher privileges can inject malicious scripts into the website, potentially affecting users who access the compromised pages.

Recommendations For Roman Pronskiy's Search Exclude plugin versions 1.2.6 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.2.6 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about additional mitigation measures for this specific vulnerability.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-36282

Affected Products

Search Exclude

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36282 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-36282 · Vendor Advisory
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/search-exclude/wordpress-search-exclude-plugin-1-2-6-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability · Patch
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/48607 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude/#developers · Note