CVE-2022-0661 (GCVE-0-2022-0661)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-18 17:10 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:32
VLAI
Title
Ad Injection <= 1.2.0.19 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting & RCE
Summary
The Ad Injection WordPress plugin through 1.2.0.19 does not properly sanitize the body of the adverts injected into the pages, allowing a high privileged user (Admin+) to inject arbitrary HTML or javascript even with unfiltered_html disallowed, leading to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Further it is also possible to inject PHP code, leading to a Remote Code execution (RCE) vulnerability, even if the DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT and DISALLOW_FILE_MOD constants are both set.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2115 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Ad Injection Affected: 1.2.0.19 , ≤ 1.2.0.19 (custom)
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Credits
Asif Nawaz Minhas
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