VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-2658
The WP Spell Check WordPress plugin before 9.13 does not escape ignored words, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in…
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The WP Spell Check WordPress plugin before 9.13 does not escape ignored words, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wpspellcheck/wpspellcheck
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e72fa040-3ca5-4570-9a3c-c704574b1ca3Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e72fa040-3ca5-4570-9a3c-c704574b1ca3Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.