What is CVE-2022-1167?

CVE-2022-1167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apusthemes Careerup, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-1167?

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

Is CVE-2022-1167 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Apusthemes Careerup

CVE-2022-1167

There are unauthenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CareerUp Careerup WordPress theme before 2.3.1, via the filter parameters.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-04-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apusthemes Careerup
Careerup — versions 2.3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/a30a1430-c474-4cd1-877c-35c4ab624170 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
themeforest.net/item/careerup-job-board-wordpress-theme/24002090 (Product, Third Party Advisory)
m0ze.ru/vulnerability/[2020-06-17]-[WordPress]-[CWE-79]-CareerUp-WordPress-Them…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1167?: CVE-2022-1167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apusthemes Careerup, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-1167?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1167 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.