CVE-2022-1990 (GCVE-0-2022-1990)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-27 08:59 – Updated: 2024-11-20 15:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Nested Pages < 3.1.21 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
Summary
The Nested Pages WordPress plugin before 3.1.21 does not escape and sanitize the some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2023-12-21 15:19 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/42f1bf1f-95a8-41… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Nested Pages |
Affected:
3.1.21 , < 3.1.21
(custom)
|
guessed |
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