CVE-2022-3408
WP Word Count <= 3.2.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Oct 31, 2022
- Updated
- May 6, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 6, 2022
Description
The WP Word Count WordPress plugin through 3.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP Word CountUnknown |
|
References
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