What is CVE-2022-0206?

CVE-2022-0206 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Newstatpress Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-0206?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0206 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Newstatpress Project

CVE-2022-0206

The NewStatPress WordPress plugin before 1.3.6 does not properly escape the whatX parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.015 (70.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Newstatpress_project Newstatpress
Unknown Newstatpress — versions 1.3.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0206?: CVE-2022-0206 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Newstatpress Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-0206?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0206 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.