SearchIQ – The Search Solution <= 3.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2022-04-11 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.9

Affected PluginSearchIQ – The Search Solution

Affected Version<= 3.8

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2022-0780

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Vulnerability Overview

The SearchIQ WordPress plugin before 3.9 contains a flag to disable the verification of CSRF nonces, granting unauthenticated attackers access to the siq_ajax AJAX action and allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping in the customCss parameter

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.9, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0780 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67b0ddc6-9381-4b18-b623-372a149ffa49

CVSS Vector

7.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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