What is CVE-2022-37601?

CVE-2022-37601 is tracked as a Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin ElasticPress.

Which ElasticPress versions are affected?

The primary affected range is Versions up to 4.3.1.

How should operators remediate CVE-2022-37601?

Update to 4.4.0 or newer where that release is compatible with the site.

Vulnerability Report

Plugin Medium Patch path listed CVE-2022-37601

loader-utils (JS package) < 2.0.3 - Prototype Pollution

The package loader-utils before 1.4.1, from 2.0.0 and before 2.0.3 is vulnerable to prototype pollution via the function parseQuery which could make injecting malicious web scripts possible in some cases.

Quick Answer

CVE-2022-37601 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.4 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin ElasticPress. It affects Versions up to 4.3.1 and is fixed in 4.4.0.

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Published

Oct 12, 2022

Last Updated

Jan 22, 2024

Slug

elasticpress

Risk Profile

5.4 CVSS Score

Weakness

Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Researchers

No researcher credits supplied.

Operational Summary

What the operator needs to know

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Patch Status

Patched release is available

Remediation

Update to version 4.4.0, or a newer patched version

Operator Briefing

CVE-2022-37601 is tracked for the Plugin ElasticPress as medium severity with CVSS 5.4. The affected range is Versions up to 4.3.1. Update ElasticPress to 4.4.0 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.

Issue Type

Vulnerability

Primary Fixed Version

4.4.0

Primary Affected Range

Versions up to 4.3.1

Tracking ID

CVE-2022-37601

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/45a49dca-2ed2-44cf-a0fe-0f1440a78cc2?source=api-prod

Detailed Metadata

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	elasticpress View on wordpress.org
CVE	CVE-2022-37601
Patched Versions	4.4.0
Affected Versions	Versions up to 4.3.1

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