Name: CVE-2022-2278: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-2278, CWE-79, CVSS 4.8, EPSS 0.00622

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Featured Image From Url Plugin	—	Update featured-image-from-url plugin to version 4.0.1, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jul 5, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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