CVE-2022-27845 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Authenticated (admin or higher user role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in PlausibleHQ Plausible Analytics (WordPress plugin) <= 1.2.2

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Plausible	Plausible Analytics

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:plausible:plausible_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/pentest
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/plausible-analytics/wordpress-plausible-analytics-plugin-1-2-2-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/plausible-analytics/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-04-11T19:38:17.237Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:39.999Z

Reserved: 2022-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-27845

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:41:10.036Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-04-11T20:15:23.407

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:56:18.343

Link: CVE-2022-27845

Redhat

No data.

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