CVE-2022-0189

MEDIUMNuclei

WP RSS Aggregator < 4.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2022-0189 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

The WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin before 4.20 does not sanitise and escape the id parameter in the wprss_fetch_items_row_action AJAX action before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Affected products and versions

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ProductSourceVersion range

WP RSS Aggregator – News Feeds, Autoblogging, Youtube Video Feeds and More

CVE List4.20 to < 4.20affected

Nuclei templates

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ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress RSS Aggregator < 4.20 - Authenticated Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WordPress RSS Aggregator < 4.20 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the id parameter in the wprss_fetch_items_row_action AJAX action before outputting it back in the response, leading to reflected cross-site scripting.

Impact

An attacker with authenticated access can inject malicious scripts into the website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Remediation

Update WordPress RSS Aggregator plugin to version 4.20 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-79
AuthorsDhiyaneshDK
Template tagscvecve2022wpscanwordpressxsswp-pluginauthenticatedwprssaggregatorvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:wprssaggregator:wp_rss_aggregator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/52a71bf1-b8bc-479e-b741-eb8fb9685014 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0189 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2659298 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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