QID 150577

Date Published: 2022-10-03

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

Wordfence Security is a WordPress plugin which includes an endpoint firewall and malware scanner that were built from the ground up to protect WordPress sites.

Affected versions of Wordfence Security - Firewall and Malware Scan plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a setting on the options page due to insufficient escaping on the stored value which makes it possible for authenticated users, with administrative privileges, to inject malicious web scripts.

Affected versions:
Wordfence Security prior to version 7.6.1

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID sends a HTTP GET request and checks for vulnerable version of Wordfence plugin running on the target WordPress application.

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the interface or allow the attacker to access sensitive, browser-based information.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to Wordfence Security 7.6.1 to remediate this vulnerability. For more information regarding this vulnerability please refer Wordfence Advisory
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 150577

    CVE-2022-3144 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2022-3144 URL Logo wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
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