Ditty
CVE-2022-0533
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) WordPress plugin before 3.0.15 is affected by a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. 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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Technical ContextAI · show details
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 Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) WordPress plugin before 3.0.15 is affected by a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Affected products include: Metaphorcreations Ditty. Version information: before 3.0.15.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) WordPress plugin before 3.0.15 is affected by a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.58 lacks authorization and authentication for requests to its displayItems endpoin
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.46 re-introduced a previously fixed security issue (https://wpscan.com/vulnerabili
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.25 does not sanitise and escape some parameters and generated URLs before outputti
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.36 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privi
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.52 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privi
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.47 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privi
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.43 does not sanitise and escape some of its blocks' settings, which could allow hi
Stored cross-site scripting in the Ditty WordPress plugin (versions through 3.1.69) allows an authenticated attacker hol
The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.45 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a ro
Auth. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor pat
Broken access control in the Ditty WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 3.1.67) allows subscriber-level authen
Broken access control in the Ditty WordPress plugin (all versions through 3.1.66) permits unauthenticated remote attacke
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