WordPress CVEs

Description

The Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.

Affected WordPress components

• Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security Plugin · wordfence
  Confirmed match Active
  Up to and including 7.6.0
  View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security — Up to and including 7.6.0
• wordfence wordfence_security — Up to and including 7.6.0

References

• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2780937%40wordfence&new=2780937%40wordfence&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch, Third Party Advisory
• wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/#developers Release Notes
• www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/833eb481-4fb4-432e-8e93-3f497ccbf1eb?source=cve
• www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-3144 Third Party Advisory
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record