CVE-2022-3892 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP OAuth Server (OAuth Authentication) WordPress plugin before 4.2.2 does not sanitize and escape Client IDs, 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: 2022-12-05

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

WP OAuth Server (OAuth Authentication)

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.2.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-oauth:wp_oauth_server:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43228	The WP OAuth Server (OAuth Authentication) WordPress plugin before 4.2.2 does not sanitize and escape Client IDs, 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 0.00193.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/33dddaec-a32a-4fce-89d6-164565be13e1

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Wp-oauth Wp Oauth Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-12-05T16:50:32.317Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T13:23:37.337Z

Reserved: 2022-11-08T14:45:07.811Z

Link: CVE-2022-3892

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:58.441Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-05T17:15:10.527

Modified: 2025-04-24T14:15:35.773

Link: CVE-2022-3892

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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