CVE-2022-3096 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Total Hacks WordPress plugin through 4.7.2 does not prevent low privilege users from modifying the plugin's settings. This could allow users such as subscribers to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users, like administrators, due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping as well.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp Total Hacks Project	Wp Total Hacks

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_total_hacks_project:wp_total_hacks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/46996537-a874-4b2e-9cd7-7d0832f9704d

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T15:46:38.482Z

Reserved: 2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3096

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.099Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-31T16:15:10.917

Modified: 2025-05-06T16:15:23.937

Link: CVE-2022-3096

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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