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GHSA-QM2W-68C6-WXV5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-03 00:00 – Updated: 2022-05-11 00:01

Details

Plugin Settings Change leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze plugin <= 2.0.2 on WordPress allows users with a subscriber or higher user role to execute any of the wp_ajax_* actions in the class Breeze_Configuration which includes the ability to change any of the plugin's settings including CDN setting which could be further used for XSS attack.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2022-29444 (GCVE-0-2022-29444)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-02 19:03 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07

Title

WordPress Breeze plugin <= 2.0.2 - Plugin Settings Change leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-20 19:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

Patchstack CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 3234 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://wordpress.org/plugins/breeze/#developers	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bre…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Cloudways	Breeze (WordPress plugin)	Affected: <= 2.0.2 , ≤ 2.0.2 (custom)

Date Public

2022-05-02 00:00

Credits

Vulnerability discovered by Dave Jong (Patchstack)

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