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)

EPSS: 0.013 (66.6th 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

E2pdf
Unknown 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

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