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Unscored CVE-2022-1028 EUVD-2022-24377GHSA-p7f4-wpx9-f83x

WordPress Security < 4.2.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published Jun 27, 2022 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The WordPress Security Firewall, Malware Scanner, Secure Login and Backup plugin before 4.2.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— WordPress Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner, Secure Login and Backup 4.2.1 – < 4.2.1 4.2.1

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