Post Grid < 2.1.16 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-0447
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 15, 2022
Last Updated January 14, 2023
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

Description

The Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.1.16 does not sanitise and escape the post_types parameter before outputting it back in the response of the post_grid_update_taxonomies_terms_by_posttypes AJAX action, available to any authenticated users, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug post-grid (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.1.16, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.1.16
Patched Version
  • 2.1.16

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