CVE-2022-0449 (GCVE-0-2022-0449)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-14 14:41 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:25
VLAI
Title
Flexi - Guest Submit < 4.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Flexi WordPress plugin before 4.20 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in some pages such as the user dashboard, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Flexi – Guest Submit Affected: 4.20 , < 4.20 (custom)
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Credits
Felipe Tapia Sasot
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