CVE-2022-29418 — Authenticated (admin user role) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Mark Da

Authenticated (admin user role) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Mark Daniels Night Mode plugin <= 1.0.0 on WordPress via vulnerable parameters: &ntmode_page_setting[enable-me], &ntmode_page_setting[bg-color], &ntmode_page_setting[txt-color], &ntmode_pa

01What is this vulnerability?

Authenticated (admin user role) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Mark Daniels Night Mode plugin <= 1.0.0 on WordPress via vulnerable parameters: &ntmode_page_setting[enable-me], &ntmode_page_setting[bg-color], &ntmode_page_setting[txt-color], &ntmode_page_setting[anc_color].

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mark Daniels	Night Mode (WordPress plugin)	<= 1.0.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-04-25T16:53:20.761Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-20T20:25:40.040Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/night-mode/#developers
• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/night-mode/wordpress-night-mode-pl…