Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-29418

Medium

Published: 25 April 2022

Published
25 April 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 0.0035 57.8th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-29418 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Night Mode Project Night Mode. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Authenticated (admin user role) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Mark Daniels Night Mode plugin <= 1.0.0 on WordPress via vulnerable parameters: &ntmode_page_setting[enable-me], &ntmode_page_setting[bg-color], &ntmode_page_setting[txt-color], &ntmode_page_setting[anc_color].

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

night mode project
night mode
≤ 1.0.0

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.

References