Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-1255

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 02 May 2022

Published
02 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0020 42.4th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-1255 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Codection Import And Export Users And Customers. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 42.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 1.19.2.1 does not sanitise and escaped imported CSV data, which could allow high privilege users to import malicious javascript code and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

codection
import and export users and customers
≤ 1.19.2.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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