Biplob Adhikari Image Hover Effects Ultimate Plugin up to 9.7.3 on WordPress Video Link cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Biplob Adhikari Image Hover Effects Ultimate Plugin up to 9.7.3 on WordPress. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Video Link Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-2936. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Biplob Adhikari Image Hover Effects Ultimate Plugin up to 9.7.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Video Link Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Video Link values that can be added to an Image Hover in versions up to, and including, 9.7.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. By default, the plugin only allows administrators access to edit Image Hovers, however, if a site admin makes the plugin's features available to lower privileged users through the 'Who Can Edit?' setting then this can be exploited by those users.

The weakness was shared 09/07/2022. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-2936 since 08/22/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Biplob Adhikari

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• Image Hover Effects Ultimate Plugin

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• 9.7.0
• 9.7.1
• 9.7.2
• 9.7.3

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