CVE-2022-4217 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'api_key' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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 None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00477.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Kibokolabs	Chained Quiz

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:chained_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51577	The Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'api_key' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/417a11bcb9b8da28cfe5ba1c17c44d0e
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2824193
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2825368%40chained-quiz&new=2825368%40chained-quiz&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4217

History

Fri, 24 Jan 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: Wordfence

Published: 2022-12-02T20:58:25.221Z

Updated: 2025-01-24T16:16:59.468Z

Reserved: 2022-11-29T19:24:52.455Z

Link: CVE-2022-4217

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.849Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-02T21:15:11.937

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:34:48.650

Link: CVE-2022-4217

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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