What is CVE-2022-22734?

CVE-2022-22734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sedlex Simple Quotation, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-22734?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-22734 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Sedlex Simple Quotation

CVE-2022-22734

The Simple Quotation WordPress plugin through 1.3.2 does not have CSRF check when creating or editing a quote and does not sanitise and escape Quotes. As a result, attacker could make a logged in admin create or edit arbitrary quote, and put Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them

EPSS: 0.008 (52.5th 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

Sedlex Simple_quotation
Unknown Simple Quotation — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22734?: CVE-2022-22734 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sedlex Simple Quotation, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-22734?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-22734 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.