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 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

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 56th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2023-01-02

Updated

2025-04-10

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0cf24be-df87-4e1f-aae7-e9684c88e7db

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-4260.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-4256
• CVE-2022-4262
• CVE-2022-4251
• CVE-2022-4265
• CVE-2022-4250
• CVE-2022-4266