PT-2022-25325 · WordPress · Simple:Press

Andreas Krüger + 1 · Published 2022-11-29 · Updated 2022-12-01 · CVE-2022-4029

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple:Press plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 6.8

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the sforum [md5 hash of the WordPress URL] cookie value due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The exploitation of this issue would be highly complex as it requires the attacker to set a cookie for the targeted user.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 6.8, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the sforum [md5 hash of the WordPress URL] cookie value to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4029

Affected Products

Simple:Press

References · 7

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2804020%40simplepress&new=2804020%40simplepress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4029 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4029 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/38723 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55a57b5f-2f87-4060-b1c2-77086f695dda?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/53691 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4029 · Note