Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan <= 7.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-3144
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-23 14:15:12 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 18:17:27 UTC
DescriptionThe Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 7.6.0 via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value. This makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts into the setting that executes whenever a user accesses a page displaying the affected setting on sites running a vulnerable version.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.8 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-79 CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary4.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED4.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordfence Wordfence Security All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Mmaunder Wordfence Security Firewall Malware Scan And Login Security affected 7.6.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
403 Forbidden af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Release Notes
Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan <= 7.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com
Vulnerability Advisories - Wordfence af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Ori Gabriel (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2022-09-05T00:00:00.000ZVendor Notified
CNA2022-09-06T00:00:00.000ZDisclosed

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150577 WordPress Wordfence Security - Firewall and Malware Scan Plugin: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2022-3144)
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