VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-1889
The Newsletter WordPress plugin before 7.4.6 does not escape and sanitise the preheader_text setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfilteredhtml is disallowed
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Newsletter WordPress plugin before 7.4.6 does not escape and sanitise the preheader_text setting, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfilteredhtml is disallowed
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- thenewsletterplugin/newsletter
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ee3832e2-ce40-4063-a23e-44c7f7f5f46aExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ee3832e2-ce40-4063-a23e-44c7f7f5f46aExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.