Vulnerability · Published Jan 2, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-4260WP-Ban < 1.69.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in WP-Ban from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Nuclei
Official description
The WP-Ban WordPress plugin before 1.69.1 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).
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0cf24be-df87-4e1f-aae7-e9684c88e7db exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description