Event List
CVE-2022-0418
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
The Event List WordPress plugin before 0.8.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other admin even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
AnalysisAI
The Event List WordPress plugin before 0.8.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other admin. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The Event List WordPress plugin before 0.8.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other admin even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed Affected products include: Event List Project Event List. Version information: before 0.8.8.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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