XSS in Mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, And Login
CVE-2022-3144
The Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/833eb481-4fb4-432e-8e93-3f497…
- wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/ (Release Notes)
- www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/ (Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-3144?
- CVE-2022-3144 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mmaunder Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, And Login, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2022-09-23.
- How severe is CVE-2022-3144?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-3144 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.