CVE-2022-1842CWE-352

CVE-2022-1842: vulnerability in OpenBook Book Data

OpenBook Book Data <= 3.5.2 - Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.4%
The OpenBook Book Data WordPress plugin through 3.5.2 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping as well