CVE-2022-3601 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Image Hover Effects Css3 WordPress plugin through 4.5 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).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.00207.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Image Hover Effects Css3 Project Subscribe	Image Hover Effects Css3 Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42965	The Image Hover Effects Css3 WordPress plugin through 4.5 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).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28b7ee77-5826-4c98-b09a-8f197e1a6d18

History

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-11-28T13:47:06.275Z

Updated: 2025-04-28T18:10:46.151Z

Reserved: 2022-10-19T07:22:31.737Z

Link: CVE-2022-3601

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:03.204Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-28T14:15:12.650

Modified: 2025-04-28T19:15:45.480

Link: CVE-2022-3601

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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