CVE-2022-40968 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2022-40968

WordPress 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store Plugin <= 2.1.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

4.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 2kb Amazon Affiliates Store plugin <=2.1.5 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:

ptsfence (Patchstack Alliance)

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/2kb-amazon-affiliates-store/wordpress-2kb-amazon-affiliates-store-plugin-2-1-5-auth-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Affected Software

2kb Amazon Affiliates Store

Vulnerable Versions:

Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: December 4th, 2022

Last Modified: April 28th, 2026

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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