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)
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
- Yithemes Woocommerce_affiliate
- Unknown Woocommerce Affiliate Plugin – Coupon Affiliates — versions 4.16.4.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
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.