Ask Me
CVE-2022-1241
MEDIUM
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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1DescriptionNVD
The Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.2 does not properly sanitise and escape several of the fields in the Edit Profile page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues
AnalysisAI
The Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.2 does not properly sanitise and escape several of the fields in the Edit Profile page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, 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 Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.2 does not properly sanitise and escape several of the fields in the Edit Profile page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues Affected products include: 2Code Ask Me. Version information: before 6.8.2.
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.
The Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.2 does not perform CSRF checks for any of its AJAX actions, allowing an attacker t
The has a CSRF vulnerability that allows the deletion of a post without using a nonce or prompting for confirmation. Rat
The Ask me WordPress theme before 6.8.4 does not perform nonce checks when processing POST requests to the Edit Profile
Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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