CVE-2022-2398 (GCVE-0-2022-2398)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-08 13:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:39
VLAI
Title
WP Comments Fields < 4.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The WordPress Comments Fields WordPress plugin before 4.1 does not escape Field Error Message, which could allow high-privileged users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 WordPress Comments Fields Affected: 4.1 , < 4.1 (custom)
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Credits
Rafshanzani Suhada
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