SimplePress Plugin up to 6.8 on WordPress Profile postitem cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in SimplePress Plugin up to 6.8 on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Profile Handler. The manipulation of the argument postitem results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-4028. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SimplePress Plugin up to 6.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Profile Handler. The manipulation of the argument postitem with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'postitem' parameter manipulated during the profile-save action when modifying a profile signature in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping that makes injecting object and embed tags possible. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages when modifying a profile signature that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The weakness was disclosed 11/30/2022. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-4028 since 11/16/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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• SimplePress Plugin

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• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8

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