CVE-2022-3618 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Spacer WordPress plugin before 3.0.7 does not sanitize and escapes 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 0.00109.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Clevelandwebdeveloper	Spacer

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:clevelandwebdeveloper:spacer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-42978	The Spacer WordPress plugin before 3.0.7 does not sanitize and escapes 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/2011dc7b-8e8c-4190-ab34-de288e14685b

History

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-29T16:27:54.453Z

Reserved: 2022-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3618

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:02.855Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-21T11:15:20.483

Modified: 2025-04-29T17:15:33.690

Link: CVE-2022-3618

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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