CVE-2022-33961 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2022-33961

WordPress YellowPencil Visual CSS Style Editor Plugin <= 7.5.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

4 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor plugin <= 7.5.8 versions.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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

Muhammad Daffa (Patchstack Alliance)

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer/wordpress-visual-css-style-editor-plugin-7-5-8-auth-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Visual CSS Style Editor

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: May 10th, 2023

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories