What is CVE-2022-0535?

CVE-2022-0535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in E2pdf, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-0535?

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

Is CVE-2022-0535 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in E2pdf

CVE-2022-0535

The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.16.45 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-03-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

E2pdf
E2pdf – Export To Pdf Tool For WordPress — versions 1.16.45

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/a4162e96-a3c5-4f38-a60b-aa3ed9508985 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2675049/e2pdf (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0535?: CVE-2022-0535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in E2pdf, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-0535?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0535 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.