CVE-2022-4524
Published: 15 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-4524 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Roots Soil. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 47.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-7672
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Roots soil Plugin up to 4.0.x. Affected is the function language_attributes of the file src/Modules/CleanUpModule.php. The manipulation of the argument language leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to…
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launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 4.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 0c9151e00ab047da253e5cdbfccb204dd423269d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215904.
- 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.