CVE-2022-2473
WordPress WP-UserOnline Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description
The WP-UserOnline plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘templates[browsingpage][text]' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.87.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative capabilities and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html is disabled.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 6, 2022, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 5, 2025, 5:18 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.3
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
May. 05, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CWE-79 -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Added Reference https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893 Added Reference https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988 Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473 Added Reference https://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CWE Wordfence CWE-79 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 24, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch, Third Party Advisory https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch Changed Reference Type https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912 No Types Assigned https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988 No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0 No Types Assigned https://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0 Exploit -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 20, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://youtu.be/Q3zInrUnAV0 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6a44a55e-a96a-4698-9948-6ef33138a834?source=cve [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38912 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50988 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 10, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt No Types Assigned https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167864/wpuseronline2876-xss.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2758412%40wp-useronline&new=2758412%40wp-useronline&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893 No Types Assigned https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38893 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473 No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2473 Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wp-useronline_project:wp-useronline:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 2.87.6
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-2473 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-2473
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.36 }} 0.00%
score
0.57864
percentile