demon image annotation <= 5.0 — Improper Input Restriction Validation
CVE-2022-4171Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.0Update to 5.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
demon image annotation demon-image-annotation
- Affected≤ 5.0
- Patched in5.1
Update to 5.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.0. Version 5.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under demon image annotation.
- 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
- Update to version 5.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch demon image annotation to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ori Gabriel.
The demon image annotation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper input validation in versions up to, and including 5.0. This is due to the plugin improperly validating the number of characters supplied during an annotation despite there being a setting to limit the number characters input. This means that unauthenticated attackers can bypass the length restrictions and input more characters than allowed via the settings.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection ≤5.3Update to 5.4 | CVE-2023-40215 | |
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting 1.0 – 4.7Update to 4.8 | CVE-2022-2864 |
- High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
≤5.3Update to 5.4
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cross-Site Scripting
1.0 – 4.7Update to 4.8
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
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.