XSS in Colorlib Coming Soon \& Maintenance Mode

CVE-2022-1945

The Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib WordPress plugin before 1.0.99 does not sanitize and escape some settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting when unfiltered_html is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.8th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1945?
CVE-2022-1945 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Colorlib Coming Soon \& Maintenance Mode, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-1945?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1945 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.