CVE-2022-3855 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The 404 to Start WordPress plugin through 1.6.1 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).

Published: 2023-01-09

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

404 to Start

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.6.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:404_to_start_project:404_to_start:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43195	The 404 to Start WordPress plugin through 1.6.1 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).

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 0.00288.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae44f2d8-a452-4310-b616-54d9519867eb

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

404 To Start Project 404 To Start

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-09T22:13:43.274Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T18:38:24.520Z

Reserved: 2022-11-04T01:12:50.436Z

Link: CVE-2022-3855

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:58.657Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-09T23:15:26.920

Modified: 2025-04-09T19:15:44.167

Link: CVE-2022-3855

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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