CVE-2022-2517
The Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Caption - On Hover' value associated with images in versions up to, and including, 2.5.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Caption - On Hover' value associated with images in versions up to, and including, 2.5.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with access to the Beaver Builder editor to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.55% probability · 45th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- fastlinemedia/beaver builder
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2517Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/change-logs/Product, Release Notes
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2517Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/change-logs/Product, Release Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.