CVE-2022-3904 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The MonsterInsights WordPress plugin before 8.9.1 does not sanitize or escape page titles in the top posts/pages section, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary web scripts into the titles by spoofing requests to google analytics.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Monsterinsights	Monsterinsights

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:monsterinsights:monsterinsights:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/244d9ef1-335c-4f65-94ad-27c0c633f6ad

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-16T15:37:44.169Z

Updated: 2025-04-08T19:34:28.248Z

Reserved: 2022-11-09T01:13:06.559Z

Link: CVE-2022-3904

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:58.788Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-16T16:15:10.783

Modified: 2025-04-08T20:15:16.833

Link: CVE-2022-3904

Redhat

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