Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-1776

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 June 2022

Published
27 June 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0020 41.6th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-1776 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Icegram Popups\, Welcome Bar\, Optins And Lead Generation Plugin. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 41.6th 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 Popups, Welcome Bar, Optins and Lead Generation Plugin WordPress plugin before 2.1.8 does not sanitize and escape some campaign parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

icegram
popups\, welcome bar\, optins and lead generation plugin
≤ 2.1.8

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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