#VU67061 Stored cross-site scripting in WP-UserOnline - CVE-2022-2473
Published: September 7, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67061
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2473
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WP-UserOnline
WP-UserOnline
Software vendor:
Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan
Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "templates[browsingpage]" parameter. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=