CVE-2022-4243 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The ImageInject WordPress plugin through 1.17 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

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

ImageInject

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.17

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpscoop:imageinject:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Wpscoop Subscribe	Imageinject Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51601	The ImageInject WordPress plugin through 1.17 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).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc1fc057-97ee-4a10-909f-2f11eafa0bd0

History

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:15:00 +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: 2022-12-26T12:28:00.192Z

Updated: 2025-04-11T23:22:25.024Z

Reserved: 2022-12-01T03:14:30.887Z

Link: CVE-2022-4243

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.968Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-26T13:15:13.963

Modified: 2025-04-12T00:15:18.190

Link: CVE-2022-4243

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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