Medium severity · published Sep 6, 2022
CVE-2022-2716
The Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Text Editor' block in versions up to, and including, 2.5.5.2 due to…
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Text Editor' block in versions up to, and including, 2.5.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with access to the Beaver Builder editor to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BB
Beaver Builder · Fastlinemedia
through 2.5.5.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2716
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2716
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2716
Release Notes
https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/change-logs/
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