id: CVE-2022-0218
info:
name: HTML Email Template Designer < 3.1 - Missing Authorization on Rest Route
author: hexcat
severity: medium
description: |
The WP HTML Mail WordPress plugin is vulnerable to unauthorized access which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve and modify theme settings due to a missing capability check on the /themesettings REST-API endpoint found in the ~/includes/class-template-designer.php file, in versions up to and including 3.0.9. This makes it possible for attackers with no privileges to execute the endpoint and add malicious JavaScript to a vulnerable WordPress site.
impact: |
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into the subject field of an email template, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or further compromise of the affected system.
remediation: |
Update to version 3.1 or later of the HTML Email Template Designer plugin to fix the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/01/unauthenticated-xss-vulnerability-patched-in-html-email-template-designer-plugin/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-html-mail/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0218
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2656984/wp-html-mail/trunk/includes/class-template-designer.php
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2022-0218
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.70511
epss-percentile: 0.99306
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:codemiq:wordpress_email_template_designer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: codemiq
product: wordpress_email_template_designer
framework: wordpress
tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,codemiq,vkev,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?rest_route=/whm/v3/themesettings"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- '"background":'
- '"footer":'
condition: and
- type: word
part: header
words:
- "application/json"
- type: status
status:
- 200
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