Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator <= 1.3.22 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-0471
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published March 21, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator WordPress plugin before 1.3.23 does not properly sanitise and escape the json_result_url parameter before outputting it back in the Favicon admin dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug favicon-by-realfavicongenerator (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.23
Patched Version
  • 1.3.23
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