What is CVE-2022-0626?

CVE-2022-0626 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kuroit Advanced Admin Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-0626?

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

Is CVE-2022-0626 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Kuroit Advanced Admin Search

CVE-2022-0626

The Advanced Admin Search WordPress plugin before 1.1.6 does not sanitize and escape some parameters before outputting them back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.7th 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

Kuroit Advanced_admin_search
Unknown Advanced Admin Search — versions 1.1.6

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-2022-0626?: CVE-2022-0626 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kuroit Advanced Admin Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-0626?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0626 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.