CVE-2022-40694 (GCVE-0-2022-40694)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-17 22:17 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07
VLAI
Title
WordPress News Announcement Scroll plugin <= 8.8.8 - Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in News Announcement Scroll plugin <= 8.8.8 on WordPress.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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
StoreApps News Announcement Scroll (WordPress plugin) Affected: <= 8.8.8 , ≤ 8.8.8 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-11-17 00:00
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Mika (Patchstack Alliance)
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