CVE-2022-1171 (GCVE-0-2022-1171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-09 16:50 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:55
VLAI
Title
Vertical scroll recent post < 14.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Vertical scroll recent post WordPress plugin before 14.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Vertical scroll recent post Affected: 14.0 , < 14.0 (custom)
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Credits
p7e4
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