Is CVE-2022-4142 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-4142 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-4142?

CVE-2022-4142 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-4142?

CVE-2022-4142 has an EPSS score of 0.47% (37th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4142?

Upgrade wordpress filter gallery to 0.1.6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-4142

MEDIUM

4.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The WordPress Filter Gallery Plugin WordPress plugin before 0.1.6 does not properly escape the filters passed in the ufg_gallery_filters ajax action before outputting them on the page, allowing a high privileged user such as an administrator to inject HTML or javascript to the plugin settings page, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disabled.

How to fix

Remediation Available

wordpress filter galleryNVD

Affected:< 0.1.6Fixed in:0.1.6CVE-2022-4142derived 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

0.47%probability of exploitation in 30 days

37thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 37% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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