CVE-2022-4211 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Chained Quiz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'emailf' parameter on the 'chainedquiz_list' page in versions up to, and including, 1.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Kibokolabs	Chained Quiz

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/417a11bcb9b8da28cfe5ba1c17c44d0e
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2824193%40chained-quiz&new=2824193%40chained-quiz&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4211

History

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2022-12-02T20:27:55.674Z

Updated: 2025-01-31T18:16:58.683Z

Reserved: 2022-11-29T19:16:40.154Z

Link: CVE-2022-4211

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.824Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-02T21:15:11.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:34:47.920

Link: CVE-2022-4211

Redhat

No data.

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