CVE-2022-45365
Published: 14 December 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-45365 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Urosevic Stock Ticker. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-45365 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the Stock Ticker WordPress plugin by Aleksandar Urošević in all versions through 3.23.2 and is tracked under CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the flaw by supplying a malicious URL that triggers script execution in a victim's browser when the link is visited, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with scope changed.
Public advisories on Patchstack document the reflected cross-site scripting issue in the WordPress stock ticker plugin at version 3.23.2.
The associated EPSS score is 0.2007 at both its current and peak values.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-48262
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Aleksandar Urošević Stock Ticker allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Stock Ticker: from n/a through 3.23.2.
- 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.