Is CVE-2022-4196 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-4196 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-4196?

CVE-2022-4196 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-4196?

CVE-2022-4196 has an EPSS score of 0.47% (37th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4196?

Upgrade multi step form to 1.7.8 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-4196

MEDIUM

4.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Multi Step Form WordPress plugin before 1.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its form fields, 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

multi step formNVD

Affected:< 1.7.8Fixed in:1.7.8CVE-2022-4196derived 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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