CVE-2022-2114

Data Tables Generator By Supsystic <= 1.10.19 - Cross-Site Scripting

2022-06-22 00:00
iohex

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.10.20
Affected Plugin
Data Tables Generator by Supsystic
Affected Version
<= 1.10.19
CVSS
5.5Medium
Weakness type
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE
CVE-2022-2114
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At a glance

CVE-2022-2114 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Data Tables Generator by Supsystic WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.10.19. It carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 1.10.20; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2022, reported by iohex.

Vulnerability Overview

The Data Tables Generator by Supsystic WordPress plugin before 1.10.20 does not sanitise and escape some of its Table settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

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

Reaching this weakness in Data Tables Generator by Supsystic <= 1.10.19 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.

Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For Data Tables Generator by Supsystic the fix is 1.10.20: builds <= 1.10.19 are affected, anything from 1.10.20 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.10.20, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Data Tables Generator by Supsystic: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Data Tables Generator by Supsystic 1.10.20 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2114https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0c788d06-6a80-4e34-92bb-b87f21916810https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2114

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