XSS in Yithemes Woocommerce Affiliate
CVE-2022-0818
The WooCommerce Affiliate Plugin WordPress plugin before 4.16.4.5 does not have authorization and CSRF checks on a specific action handler, as well as does not sanitize its settings, which enables an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious XSS payloads into the settings page of the plugin.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Yithemes Woocommerce Affiliate
- Woocommerce Affiliate Plugin – Coupon Affiliates — versions 4.16.4.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/c43fabb4-b388-462c-adc4-c6b25af7043b (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-0818?
- CVE-2022-0818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yithemes Woocommerce Affiliate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-28.
- How severe is CVE-2022-0818?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-0818 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.