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)
EPSS: 0.030 (86.3th 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
- Download_anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project Download_anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall
- Unknown Anti-malware Security And Brute-force Firewall — versions 4.20.96
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-2022-0953?
- 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.