What is CVE-2022-1469?

CVE-2022-1469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fibosearch, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-1469?

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

Is CVE-2022-1469 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Fibosearch

CVE-2022-1469

The FiboSearch WordPress plugin before 1.17.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th 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

Fibosearch
Unknown Fibosearch – Ajax Search For Woocommerce — versions 1.17.0

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-2022-1469?: CVE-2022-1469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fibosearch, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-1469?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1469 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.