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Simple Membership Plugin For WordPress < 4.2.2 Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114053

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Synopsis

Simple Membership Plugin For WordPress < 4.2.2 Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The WordPress Simple Member Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the shortcode functionality.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Simple Membership plugin version 4.2.2 or later.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-membership/

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/simple-membership/simple-membership-421-authenticated-contributor-cross-site-scripting-via-shortcode

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 114053

Type: remote

Published: 10/5/2023

Updated: 10/5/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4469

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4469

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:simple-membership-plugin:simple_membership:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4469