Vulnerability · Published Jul 25, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-2340W-DALIL <= 2.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in W-DALIL from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The W-DALIL WordPress plugin through 2.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its fields, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/306ea895-0b90-4276-bb97-eecb34f9bfae x_refsource_MISC
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167595/ x_refsource_MISC