CVE-2022-4442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator WordPress plugin before 2.3.3 does not sanitize 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
Cozmoslabs	Custom Post Types And Custom Fields Creator

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cozmoslabs:custom_post_types_and_custom_fields_creator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/12766537-df59-49d6-815a-4d68265a4c4a

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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-16T15:37:54.312Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T18:13:20.220Z

Reserved: 2022-12-13T07:19:27.260Z

Link: CVE-2022-4442

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:44.606Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:11.737

Modified: 2025-04-04T19:15:43.110

Link: CVE-2022-4442

Redhat

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