CVE-2022-4199 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Link Library WordPress plugin before 7.4.1 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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ylefebvre	Link Library

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ylefebvre:link_library:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c4688c0b-0538-4151-995c-d437d7e4829d

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ylefebvre Ylefebvre link Library
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:link_library_project:link_library::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:ylefebvre:link_library::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Link Library Project Link Library Project link Library	Ylefebvre Ylefebvre link Library

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-16T15:37:51.207Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T18:21:29.591Z

Reserved: 2022-11-29T03:32:21.432Z

Link: CVE-2022-4199

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.944Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:11.143

Modified: 2025-04-04T19:15:42.767

Link: CVE-2022-4199

Redhat

No data.

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