VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-4260
The WP-Ban WordPress plugin before 1.69.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, 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…
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.85%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The WP-Ban WordPress plugin before 1.69.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, 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
- 0.85% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wp-ban project/wp-ban
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0cf24be-df87-4e1f-aae7-e9684c88e7dbExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0cf24be-df87-4e1f-aae7-e9684c88e7dbExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.