id: CVE-2022-0288 info: name: WordPress Ad Inserter <2.7.10 - Cross-Site Scripting author: DhiyaneshDK severity: medium description: | WordPress Ad Inserter plugin before 2.7.10 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the html_element_selection parameter before outputting it back in the page. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, allowing attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser. remediation: Fixed in version 2.7.12 reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/27b64412-33a4-462c-bc45-f81697e4fe42 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0288 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2022-0288 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00106 epss-percentile: 0.43227 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ad_inserter_pro_project:ad_inserter_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: ad_inserter_pro_project product: ad_inserter_pro framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,xss,wpscan,ad_inserter_pro_project http: - method: POST path: - "{{BaseURL}}" body: | html_element_selection= headers: Content-Type: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "" - "ad-inserter" condition: and - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100a1ca7cd22a56a330f431df7aac1d8932a96f61707e94e4cec22162652d6e4fb3022073e6e623e1d660731778b65b288a3bf36e832dd59d8e3eb8377199e6f4915093:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950