What is CVE-2022-1093?

CVE-2022-1093 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomunited Wp Meta Seo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-1093?

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

Is CVE-2022-1093 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Joomunited Wp Meta Seo

CVE-2022-1093

The WP Meta SEO WordPress plugin before 4.4.7 does not sanitise or escape the breadcrumb separator before outputting it to the page, allowing a high privilege user such as an administrator to inject arbitrary javascript into the page even when unfiltered html is disallowed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-23 · 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: 0.006 (46.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.006 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Joomunited Wp Meta Seo
Wp Meta Seo — versions 4.4.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/57017050-811e-474d-8256-33d19d4c0553 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1093?: CVE-2022-1093 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomunited Wp Meta Seo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-1093?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1093 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.