Post Grid < 2.1.16 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2022-0447
CVSS	Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published	March 15, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Krzysztof Zając

Description

The Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.1.16 does not sanitise and escape the post_types parameter before outputting it back in the response of the post_grid_update_taxonomies_terms_by_posttypes AJAX action, available to any authenticated users, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	post-grid (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.1.16
Patched Version	2.1.16

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