What is CVE-2022-0161?

CVE-2022-0161 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ari-Soft Ari Fancy Lightbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-0161?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0161 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Ari-Soft Ari Fancy Lightbox

CVE-2022-0161

The ARI Fancy Lightbox WordPress plugin before 1.3.9 does not sanitise and escape the msg parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ari-soft Ari_fancy_lightbox
Unknown Ari Fancy Lightbox – Wordpress Popup — versions 1.3.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
contact@wpscan.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0161?: CVE-2022-0161 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ari-Soft Ari Fancy Lightbox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-0161?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0161 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.