What is CVE-2022-29444?

CVE-2022-29444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-29444?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-29444 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Cloudways Breeze

CVE-2022-29444

Plugin Settings Change leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze plugin <= 2.0.2 on WordPress allows users with a subscriber or higher user role to execute any of the wp_ajax_* actions in the class Breeze_Configuration which includes the ability to change any of the plugin's settings including CDN setting which could be further used for XSS attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Cloudways Breeze
Cloudways Breeze (Wordpress Plugin) — versions <= 2.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

audit@patchstack.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
audit@patchstack.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29444?: CVE-2022-29444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cloudways Breeze, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-29444?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29444 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.