Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-2173

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 17 July 2022

Published
17 July 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0021 43.6th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-2173 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sigmaplugin Advanced Database Cleaner. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 43.6th 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 Advanced Database Cleaner WordPress plugin before 3.1.1 does not escape numerous generated URLs before outputting them back in href attributes of admin dashboard pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

sigmaplugin
advanced database cleaner
≤ 3.1.1

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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