Vulnerability in Image Hover Effects Css3 Project

CVE-2022-3601

The Image Hover Effects Css3 WordPress plugin through 4.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th 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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3601?
CVE-2022-3601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Image Hover Effects Css3 Project, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-3601?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-3601 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.