CVE-2022-0447 (GCVE-0-2022-0447)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-11 14:40 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:25
VLAI
Title
Post Grid < 2.1.16 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via post_types
Summary
The Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.1.16 does not sanitise and escape the post_types parameter before outputting it back in the response of the post_grid_update_taxonomies_terms_by_posttypes AJAX action, available to any authenticated users, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 Post Grid Affected: 2.1.16 , < 2.1.16 (custom)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając
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