XSS in Download Anti-Malware Security And Brute-Force Firewall Project
CVE-2022-0953
The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.20.96 does not sanitise and escape the QUERY_STRING before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in browsers which do not encode characters
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: 0.031 (87.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.031 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Download Anti-Malware Security And Brute-Force Firewall Project
- Anti-Malware Security And Brute-Force Firewall — versions 4.20.96
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/29ab3c7b-58e0-4a72-b7b4-ab12a6d54f5a (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-0953?
- CVE-2022-0953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Download Anti-Malware Security And Brute-Force Firewall Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-25.
- How severe is CVE-2022-0953?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-0953 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.