What is CVE-2022-0780?

CVE-2022-0780 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Searchiq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-0780?

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

Is CVE-2022-0780 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Searchiq

CVE-2022-0780

The SearchIQ WordPress plugin before 3.9 contains a flag to disable the verification of CSRF nonces, granting unauthenticated attackers access to the siq_ajax AJAX action and allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping in the customCss parameter

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th 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

Searchiq
Unknown Searchiq – The Search Solution — versions 3.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0780?: CVE-2022-0780 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Searchiq, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-0780?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0780 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.