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Code Snippets <= 2.14.3 — Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2022-25617Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤2.14.3Update to 2.14.4 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium4.7
CVSS
4.7
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:R User interaction
Required
S:C Scope
Changed
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Code Snippets code-snippets

  1. Affected≤ 2.14.3
  2. Patched in2.14.4

Update to 2.14.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.14.3. Version 2.14.4 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Code Snippets.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.14.4, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Code Snippets to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to R3N0.

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Code Snippets plugin <= 2.14.3 at WordPress via &orderby vulnerable parameter.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 4.7

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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