WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2022-0706 Modified

Easy Digital Downloads: Cross-site scripting

Easy Digital Downloads is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 4.8 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 4.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Easy Digital Downloads
Plugin slug
easy-digital-downloads
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 18, 2022
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Apr 18, 2022 and is one of 66 known issues for this plugin.

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Easy Digital Downloads to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Technical description

The Easy Digital Downloads WordPress plugin before 2.11.6 does not sanitise and escape the Downloadable File Name in the Logs, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources