What is CVE-2022-1321?

CVE-2022-1321 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Miniorange Google Authenticator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-1321?

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

Is CVE-2022-1321 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Miniorange Google Authenticator

CVE-2022-1321

The miniOrange's Google Authenticator WordPress plugin before 5.5.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, leading to malicious users with administrator privileges to store malicious Javascript code leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.6th 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

Miniorange Google_authenticator
Unknown Miniorange's Google Authenticator – Wordpress Two Factor Authentication (2fa , Factor, Otp Sms And Email) | Passwordless Login — versions 5.5.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1321?: CVE-2022-1321 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Miniorange Google Authenticator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-1321?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1321 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.