What is CVE-2022-0840?

CVE-2022-0840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cybernetikz Easy_social_icons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-0840?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0840 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Cybernetikz Easy_social_icons

CVE-2022-0840

The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 3.2.1 does not properly escape the image_file field when adding a new social icon, allowing high privileged users to inject arbitrary javascript even when the unfiltered_html capability is disa…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cybernetikz Easy_social_icons
Unknown Easy Social Icons — versions 3.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0840?: CVE-2022-0840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cybernetikz Easy_social_icons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-0840?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0840 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.