CVE-2022-3832

The External Media WordPress plugin before 1.0.36 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).

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/458ec2fd-4175-4cb4-b334-b63f6e643b92	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/458ec2fd-4175-4cb4-b334-b63f6e643b92	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:external_media_project:external_media:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:20

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) El complemento de WordPress External Media anterior a la versión 1.0.36 no sanitiza ni escapa a algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podría permitir a usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, realizar ataques de cross site scripting almacenado incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida (por ejemplo, en una configuración multisitio). .
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/458ec2fd-4175-4cb4-b334-b63f6e643b92 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/458ec2fd-4175-4cb4-b334-b63f6e643b92 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2022-12-19 14:15

Updated : 2025-04-17 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-3832

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3832

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3832

JSON object : View

Products Affected

external_media_project

external_media

CWE

No CWE.

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4.8 /10