Google Pagespeed Insights <= 4.0.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-0431
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published March 8, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The Insights from Google PageSpeed WordPress plugin before 4.0.4 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in attributes in the plugin's settings dashboard, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug google-pagespeed-insights (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.4
Patched Version
  • 4.0.4
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