Mortgage Calculators WP: Cross-site scripting
Mortgage Calculators WP 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.
- Component
- Mortgage Calculators WP
- Plugin slug
mortgage-calculators-wp- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 14, 2022
This CVE was published Feb 14, 2022 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Mortgage Calculators WP to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Mortgage Calculators WP WordPress plugin before 1.56 does not implement any sanitisation on the color setting of the background of a calculator, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even 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