CVE-2022-3601

The Image Hover Effects Css3 WordPress plugin through 4.5 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).

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28b7ee77-5826-4c98-b09a-8f197e1a6d18	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28b7ee77-5826-4c98-b09a-8f197e1a6d18	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:image_hover_effects_css3_project:image_hover_effects_css3:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28b7ee77-5826-4c98-b09a-8f197e1a6d18 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28b7ee77-5826-4c98-b09a-8f197e1a6d18 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

30 Nov 2022, 03:43

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28b7ee77-5826-4c98-b09a-8f197e1a6d18 -~~	(MISC) https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28b7ee77-5826-4c98-b09a-8f197e1a6d18 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:image_hover_effects_css3_project:image_hover_effects_css3::::::wordpress::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.8

28 Nov 2022, 14:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-11-28 14:15

Updated : 2025-04-28 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-3601

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3601

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3601

JSON object : View

Products Affected

image_hover_effects_css3_project

image_hover_effects_css3

CWE

No CWE.

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