CVE-2022-2168 (GCVE-0-2022-2168)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-17 10:36 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:32
VLAI
Title
Download Manager < 3.2.44 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.44 does not escape a generated URL before outputting it back in an attribute of the history dashboard, leading to 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 Download Manager Affected: 3.2.44 , < 3.2.44 (custom)
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Credits
ZhongFu Su(JrXnm) of WuHan University
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