CVE-2022-4541
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.1 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Sep 26, 2024
Updated: Oct 1, 2024
CWE ID 79
Summary
CVE-2022-4541 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the WordPress Visitors plugin. This issue, present in versions up to 1.0, stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by injecting malicious scripts via a spoofed HTTP Header value. Once executed, these scripts will run whenever a user accesses the nm_visitor page, posing a significant security risk.
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