CVE-2022-1842 affects the OpenBook Book Data WordPress plugin up to version 3.5.2. This vulnerability allows attackers to perform Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to modify plugin settings, which can then lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to insufficient input sanitization and escaping. The CVSS score is 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, but with a low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openbook_book_data_project:openbook_book_data:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.