Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-44594 is a stored cross-site scripting issue in the WordPress All in One Time Clock Lite plugin through version 1.3.320. It requires an administrator-level account to place malicious script content, and a user must later view it. Business risk is mainly account/session exposure and site trust damage, not direct server takeover.
Executive priority
Treat as a medium-priority hygiene issue. It is not presented as actively exploited, but exposed WordPress admin surfaces are common compromise paths. Prioritize remediation on public sites, shared admin environments, and sites handling customer or employee data.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-79 stored XSS in Codebangers All in One Time Clock Lite for WordPress, plugin slug aio-time-clock-lite, reported as affecting versions <= 1.3.320. CVSS 3.1 is 4.8: network reachable, low complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required, changed scope, low confidentiality and integrity impact, no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running All in One Time Clock Lite at version 1.3.320 or earlier. Risk is higher where many users hold administrator privileges or where admin accounts are weakly protected. The bundle does not identify other affected products.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show active exploitation and CISA KEV status is false. Exploitation requires authenticated administrator-level access plus a user viewing stored content, which materially limits opportunistic risk but does not remove insider or compromised-admin scenarios.
Researcher notes
Key constraints are PR:H and UI:R, so validation should focus on version exposure, admin trust boundaries, and stored-content rendering paths without attempting weaponization. The provided sources do not name a fixed version or detailed sink/source, so remediation should be tied to vendor or Patchstack updates.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the aio-time-clock-lite plugin.
- If installed at <= 1.3.320, check vendor or Patchstack guidance for a fixed release.
- Update the plugin if a trusted fixed version is available.
- Disable or replace the plugin if no supported remediation is available.
- Restrict administrator access and enforce strong admin account protection.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether All in One Time Clock Lite is installed on each WordPress site.
- Record the installed plugin version and flag <= 1.3.320.
- Review administrator accounts for unnecessary privileges or signs of compromise.
- Inspect plugin-managed content for unexpected script-like or HTML injection artifacts.
- After remediation, verify the vulnerable plugin version is no longer present.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N1.72.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
4.8MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source materials
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CWE details
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