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)

Published 2022-02-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Newstatpress Project
Newstatpress — versions 1.3.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/ce12437a-d440-4c4a-9247-95a8f39d00b9 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.