CVE-2022-2278

Featured Image from URL < 4.0.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected

Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

CVSS v3.1 NVD

4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 49th percentile

Published

2022-08-01

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4481731d-4dbf-4bfa-b4cc-64f10bb7e7bf

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry