CSRF in Crowdfavorite Progressive License

CVE-2022-2171

The Progressive License WordPress plugin through 1.1.0 is lacking any CSRF check when saving its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them. Furthermore, as the plugin allows arbitrary HTML to be inserted in one of the settings, this could lead to Stored XSS issue which will be triggered in the frontend as well.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-2022-2171?
CVE-2022-2171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Crowdfavorite Progressive License, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-2171?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2171 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.