Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2022· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2022-4217
CVE-2022-4217
Description
The Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'api_key' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2824193nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/417a11bcb9b8da28cfe5ba1c17c44d0envdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93a07027-1068-41fa-bd6b-74ccc0441a16nvd
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