Is CVE-2022-3822 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-3822 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-3822?

CVE-2022-3822 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-3822?

CVE-2022-3822 has an EPSS score of 0.53% (41th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3822?

Upgrade donations via paypal to 1.9.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-3822

MEDIUM

4.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Donations via PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.9.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

How to fix

Remediation Available

donations via paypalNVD

Affected:< 1.9.9Fixed in:1.9.9CVE-2022-3822derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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