CVE-2022-4198

The WP Social Sharing WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-33
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ba372400-96f7-45a9-9e89-5984ecc4d1e2	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-33
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ba372400-96f7-45a9-9e89-5984ecc4d1e2	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wp_social_sharing_project:wp_social_sharing:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-01-02 22:15

Updated : 2025-04-10 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4198

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4198

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4198

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wp_social_sharing_project

wp_social_sharing

CWE

No CWE.

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