CVE-2022-3062 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 4.4.12 does not escape parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Published: 2022-09-26

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 48.7% Moderate

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

Simple File List

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.4.12`	affected	< 4.4.12

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simplefilelist:simple-file-list:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.48658.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e829bbe-1843-496d-a852-4150fa6d1f7a

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.32992}`	epss `{'score': 0.40293}`

Thu, 22 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Simplefilelist Simple-file-list

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-09-26T12:35:39.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T14:13:49.522Z

Reserved: 2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3062

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.359Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-26T13:15:10.833

Modified: 2025-05-22T15:15:59.107

Link: CVE-2022-3062

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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