CVE-2022-1937
Published: 11 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-1937 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Awin Awin Data Feed. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 10.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
The Awin Data Feed WordPress plugin before version 1.8 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-1937. The flaw stems from missing sanitization and escaping of a user-supplied parameter that is echoed back through an AJAX action, corresponding to CWE-79 and carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1.
Both unauthenticated and authenticated attackers can supply crafted input to the vulnerable endpoint, causing the injected script to execute in the browser of any user who triggers the reflected response. Successful exploitation allows theft of cookies or session tokens, redirection to malicious sites, or other client-side actions within the affected site's origin.
The primary public reference is the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eb40ea5d-a463-4947-9a40-d55911ff50e9, which documents the issue and the affected plugin versions. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0505 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-25206
Vulnerability details
The Awin Data Feed WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back via an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.