Vulnerability Details : CVE-2022-2170
The Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (UET) WordPress plugin before 1.0.4 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed. Due to the nature of this plugin, well crafted XSS can also leak into the frontpage.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-2170
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.07%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 26 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2022-2170
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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4.8
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
1.7
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2.7
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2022-2170
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by: contact@wpscan.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2022-2170
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6eaef938-ce98-4d57-8a1d-fa9d1ae3d6ed
Exploit;Third Party Advisory
Products affected by CVE-2022-2170
- Microsoft » Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking » For WordpressVersions before (<) 1.0.4cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_advertising_universal_event_tracking:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*