WP Cerber Security <= 8.9.5.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-0429
CVSS High (7.2)
Publicly Published February 14, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan WordPress plugin before 8.9.6 does not sanitise the $url variable before using it in an attribute in the Activity tab in the plugins dashboard, leading to an unauthenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-cerber (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 8.9.5.2
Patched Version
  • 8.9.6
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