PT-2022-23975 · WordPress · Add User Role Plugin

Ptsfence · Published 2022-09-09 · Updated 2022-09-10 · CVE-2022-37403

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 Add User Role plugin version 0.0.1 and earlier

Description The issue is related to 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, potentially leading to unauthorized actions on behalf of other users.

Recommendations For Add User Role plugin version 0.0.1 and earlier, update to a version later than 0.0.1 to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-37403

Affected Products

Add User Role Plugin

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37403 · Security Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/add-user-role/wordpress-add-user-role-plugin-0-0-1-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability/_s_id=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-user-role · Note