CVE-2022-27860 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2022-27860

WordPress Footer Text plugin <= 2.0.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Shea Bunge's Footer Text plugin <= 2.0.3 on WordPress.

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:

Vulnerability discovered by Rasi Afeef (Patchstack Alliance)

References

Affected Vendor

Shea Bunge

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Affected Software

Footer Text (WordPress plugin)

Vulnerable Versions:

<= 2.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: April 28th, 2022

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

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)

CWE-352 CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1566.002 Spearphishing Link

Initial Access

T1204.001 Malicious Link

Execution

T1098 Account Manipulation

Persistence

T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation

Impact

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories