CVE-2022-29430 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2022-29430

WordPress PNG to JPG plugin <= 4.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

4.7 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in KubiQ's PNG to JPG plugin <= 4.0 at WordPress via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Vulnerable parameter &jpg_quality.

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 BEE-K (Patchstack)

References

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Affected Vendor

KubiQ

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Affected Software

PNG to JPG (WordPress plugin)

Vulnerable Versions:

<= 4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 20th, 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:N/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