SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-2538

The WP Hide & Security Enhancer WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute of a backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.65%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The WP Hide & Security Enhancer WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not escape a parameter before outputting it back in an attribute of a backend page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.65% probability · 49th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
nsp-code/wp hide \& security enhancer
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.