CVE-2022-2241
Published: 01 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-2241 is a medium-severity Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output (CWE-116) vulnerability in Fifu Featured Image From Url. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 45.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-34519
Vulnerability details
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack. Furthermore, due to…
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the lack of validation, sanitisation and escaping in some of them, it could also lead to Stored XSS issues
- 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.
Validating that output matches expected content directly mitigates failures to properly encode or escape data for its destination context.