PT-2023-15938 · WordPress · The Waiting

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-10-19 · Updated 2023-10-26 · CVE-2022-4954

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 The Waiting: One-click countdowns plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 0.6.2

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown name due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 0.6.2, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Countdown name feature until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4954

Affected Products

The Waiting

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4954 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4954 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/72652 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/waiting/trunk/waiting.php?rev=2826039 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1715259868607594825 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ef5b0de-0b8b-4286-86ea-6dca0dbc1a52?source=cve · Note