CVE-2022-0700 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Simple Tracking WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Published: 2022-03-14

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Simple Tracking

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.7`	affected	< 1.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chrsinteractive:simple_tracking:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-15777	The Simple Tracking WordPress plugin before 1.7 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00622.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bf1f255-1571-425c-92b1-02833f6a44a7

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Chrsinteractive Simple Tracking

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-03-14T14:41:47.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:40:03.252Z

Reserved: 2022-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0700

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-14T15:15:10.437

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:21:05.443

Link: CVE-2022-0700

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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