CVE-2022-1756

The Newsletter WordPress plugin before 7.4.5 does not sanitize and escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] before echoing it back in admin pages. Although this uses addslashes, and most modern browsers automatically URLEncode requests, this is still vulnerable to Reflected XSS in older browsers such as Internet Explorer 9 or below.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6ad407fe-db2b-41fb-834b-dd8c4f62b072	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:thenewsletterplugin:newsletter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-06-13 13:15

Updated : 2022-06-22 19:44

NVD link : CVE-2022-1756

Mitre link : CVE-2022-1756

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-1756

JSON object : View

Products Affected

thenewsletterplugin

newsletter

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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