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Medium · 4.8 CVE-2022-3462 EUVD-2022-42834GHSA-xh59-2wmf-7vqp

Highlight Focus <= 1.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

Published Nov 7, 2022 · Updated May 1, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

The Highlight Focus WordPress plugin through 1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Highlight Focus 1.1 – ≤ 1.1 —

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