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 multisite setup)

CVSS v3.1

4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1

4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 39th percentile

Published

2023-01-16

Updated

2025-04-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e72fa040-3ca5-4570-9a3c-c704574b1ca3

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-2657
• CVE-2022-26585
• CVE-2022-26565
• CVE-2022-26588
• CVE-2022-26564
• CVE-2022-26592