Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 27, 2022· Updated Aug 2, 2024
WordPress Security < 4.2.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-1028
Description
The WordPress Security Firewall, Malware Scanner, Secure Login and Backup plugin before 4.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
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Affected products
2- WordPress/Security Firewall, Malware Scanner, Secure Login and Backupdescription
- Range: <4.2.1
Patches
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References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/16fc08ec-8476-4f3c-93ea-6a51ed880dd5mitrex_refsource_MISC
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