CVE-2022-4171 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The demon image annotation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper input validation in versions up to, and including 5.0. This is due to the plugin improperly validating the number of characters supplied during an annotation despite there being a setting to limit the number characters input. This means that unauthenticated attackers can bypass the length restrictions and input more characters than allowed via the settings.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00042.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Superwhite	Demon Image Annotation

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:superwhite:demon_image_annotation:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51532	The demon image annotation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper input validation in versions up to, and including 5.0. This is due to the plugin improperly validating the number of characters supplied during an annotation despite there being a setting to limit the number characters input. This means that unauthenticated attackers can bypass the length restrictions and input more characters than allowed via the settings.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2830349%40demon-image-annotation&new=2830349%40demon-image-annotation&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ac5549ec-f931-4b13-b5f9-0d6f3e53aae4

History

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2022-12-13T20:16:52.649Z

Updated: 2025-01-23T20:32:54.812Z

Reserved: 2022-11-28T18:08:09.657Z

Link: CVE-2022-4171

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.355Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-13T21:15:11.870

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:34:42.740

Link: CVE-2022-4171

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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