CVE-2022-0864: The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.22.9 does not sanitise and escape the updraft_interval parameter before outputting it back in…

PriorityP341medium6.1CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

7.36%

93.6th percentile

The UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.22.9 does not sanitise and escape the updraft_interval parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
updraftplus	updraftplus	< 1.22.9	1.22.9

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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