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CVE-2022-2516

MEDIUM

6.4

Description

The Visual Composer Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the post/page 'Title' value in versions up to, and including, 45.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with access to the visual composer editor to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.4

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published9/6/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

visualcomposer:visual_composer_website_builder

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79CWE-79

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2778808%40visualcomposer&new=2778808%40visualcomposer&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2516(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2778808%40visualcomposer&new=2778808%40visualcomposer&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2516(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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