Vulnerability identifier: #VU73887

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40699

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Yasr – Yet Another Stars Rating
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: Dario Curvino

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. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Yasr – Yet Another Stars Rating: 3.0.0 - 3.1.2

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External links
http://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/yet-another-stars-rating/wordpress-yasr-yet-another-stars-rating-plugin-3-1-2-xss-arbitrary-shortcode-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.