CVE-2022-1395 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Easy FAQ with Expanding Text WordPress plugin through 3.2.8.3.1 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Published: 2022-05-30

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Easy FAQ with Expanding Text

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.2.8.3.1`	affected	≤ 3.2.8.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:easy_faq_with_expanding_text_project:easy_faq_with_expanding_text:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-24712	The Easy FAQ with Expanding Text WordPress plugin through 3.2.8.3.1 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00206.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e5c06b38-fab8-44af-84dc-df94eb72ce80

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Easy Faq With Expanding Text Project Easy Faq With Expanding Text

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-05-30T08:35:45.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:03:06.266Z

Reserved: 2022-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-1395

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-30T09:15:09.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:40:38.713

Link: CVE-2022-1395

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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