What is CVE-2022-1645?

CVE-2022-1645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Link Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-1645?

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

Is CVE-2022-1645 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Amazon Link Project

CVE-2022-1645

The Amazon Link WordPress plugin through 3.2.10 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-30 · 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 (46.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Amazon Link Project
Amazon Link — versions 3.2.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/915b7d79-f9dd-451d-bf8f-6d14ec3e67d2 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1645?: CVE-2022-1645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Link Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-1645?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1645 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.