CVE-2022-3506 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp prior to 2.1.3.

Published: 2022-10-14

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

barrykooij

barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.1.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42877	Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp prior to 2.1.3.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01283.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp/commit/37733398dd88863fc0bdb3d6d378598429fd0b81
https://huntr.dev/bounties/08251542-88f6-4264-9074-a89984034828

History

Wed, 14 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Never5 Related Posts

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-14T14:03:07.503Z

Reserved: 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3506

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:01.581Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-14T14:15:10.747

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:19:40.443

Link: CVE-2022-3506

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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