CVE-2022-44736 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Chameleon plugin <= 1.4.3 on WordPress.

Published: 2022-11-17

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

Fahad Mahmood

Chameleon (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 1.4.3`	affected	≤ 1.4.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chameleon_project:chameleon:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 1.4.4 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-47668	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Chameleon plugin <= 1.4.3 on WordPress.

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

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00218.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/chameleon/wordpress-chameleon-plugin-1-4-3-auth-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

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Subscriptions

Chameleon Project Chameleon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-17T22:16:07.003Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:51.676Z

Reserved: 2022-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44736

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T23:15:24.563

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:28:23.783

Link: CVE-2022-44736

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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