CVE-2022-2100 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Page Generator WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 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.

Published: 2022-07-17

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Page Generator

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.6.5`	affected	< 1.6.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpzinc:page_generator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-34388	The Page Generator WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 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.

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

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00565.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7d8b7871-baa5-4a54-a9e9-2c9d302cdd12

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Wpzinc Page Generator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-07-17T10:35:58.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:24:44.173Z

Reserved: 2022-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2100

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-07-17T11:15:08.670

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:41:16.913

Link: CVE-2022-2100

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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