What is CVE-2022-0737?

CVE-2022-0737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Text Hover Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-0737?

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

Is CVE-2022-0737 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Text Hover Project

CVE-2022-0737

The Text Hover WordPress plugin before 4.2 does not sanitize and escape the text to hover, 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 2022-04-18 · 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: 0.008 (55.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Text Hover Project
Text Hover — versions 4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5c9fa61-e6f1-4460-84fe-977a203bd4bc (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0737?: CVE-2022-0737 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Text Hover Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-0737?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0737 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.