CVE-2022-4217
Chained Quiz <= 1.3.2.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Mailchimp API Key
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Dec 2, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 29, 2022
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Chained Quizprasunsen |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93a07027-1068-41fa-bd6b-74ccc0441a16?source=cve
- 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
- https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/417a11bcb9b8da28cfe5ba1c17c44d0e
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