CVE-2022-2173 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-2173

Advanced Database Cleaner < 3.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability Description

The Advanced Database Cleaner WordPress plugin before 3.1.1 does not escape numerous generated URLs before outputting them back in href attributes of admin dashboard pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • ZhongFu Su(JrXnm) of WuHan University

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Advanced Database Cleaner
Vulnerable Versions:
3.1.1

Timeline

Official Publish: July 17th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)