What is CVE-2022-0446?

CVE-2022-0446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simple Banner Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-0446?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0446 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Simple Banner Project

CVE-2022-0446

The Simple Banner WordPress plugin before 2.12.0 does not properly sanitize its "Simple Banner Text" Settings allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Simple_banner_project Simple_banner
Unknown Simple Banner — versions 2.12.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0446?: CVE-2022-0446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simple Banner Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-0446?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0446 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.