CVE-2022-4029 describes a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simple:Press plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 6.8. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'sforum_[md5 hash of the WordPress URL]' cookie value. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium) due to its high attack complexity, as an unauthenticated attacker would need to trick a user into performing an action that sets a malicious cookie. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simple-press:simple\:press:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.