CVE-2022-45365
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 22.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
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.
Available Exploits
Stock Ticker <= 3.23.2 - Cross-Site-Scripting
The Stock Ticker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in the ajax_stockticker_symbol_search_test function in versions up to, and including, 3.23.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
References:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/stock-ticker/stock-ticker-3232-reflected-cross-site-scripting-in-ajax-stockticker-symbol-search-test
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/stock-ticker/wordpress-stock-ticker-plugin-3-23-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/stock-ticker/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45365
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/stock-ticker/wordpress-stock-ticker-plugin-3-23-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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WordPress Vulnerability
Identified and analyzed by Wordfence
Software Type
Patch Status
Published
Software Details
Software Name
Stock Ticker
Software Slug
stock-ticker
Affected Versions
Patched Versions
Remediation
Update to version 3.23.3, or a newer patched version
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Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: December 14, 2023, Modified: February 29, 2024