CVE-2022-3578 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Published: 2022-11-14

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 6.4% 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

ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Memberships, Groups and Communities

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.1.1`	affected	< 5.1.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:profilegrid:*:*:*:*:*: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-2022-42942	The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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 0.06392.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17596b0e-ff45-4d0c-8e57-a31101e30345

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Metagauss Profilegrid

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T15:28:07.376Z

Reserved: 2022-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3578

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:02.603Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-14T15:15:52.770

Modified: 2025-04-30T16:15:23.593

Link: CVE-2022-3578

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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