Stored cross-site scripting in WP Glossary - CVE-2022-41831

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Stored cross-site scripting in WP Glossary - CVE-2022-41831

Published: December 9, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70070
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41831
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: TCBarrett
Affected software:
WP Glossary

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote user can permanently inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-41831

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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