PT-2022-26296 · WordPress · Chained Quiz

Muhammad Zeeshan + 1 · Published 2022-12-02 · Updated 2022-12-05 · CVE-2022-4217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3.2.2

Description The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages via the api key parameter. This enables the execution of injected scripts whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3.2.2, consider updating to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the api key parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4217

Affected Products

Chained Quiz

References · 8

• 🔥 https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/417a11bcb9b8da28cfe5ba1c17c44d0e · Exploit
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2825368%40chained-quiz&new=2825368%40chained-quiz&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2824193 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4217 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/53924 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93a07027-1068-41fa-bd6b-74ccc0441a16?source=cve · Note
• https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4217 · Note