What is CVE-2022-2040?

CVE-2022-2040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brizy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-2040?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2040 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Brizy

CVE-2022-2040

The Brizy WordPress plugin before 2.4.2 does not sanitise and escape some element URL, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-06-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.2% 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: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Brizy
Brizy – Page Builder — versions 2.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/ab53a70c-57d5-400f-b11f-b1b7b2b0cf01 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-21-111 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2040?: CVE-2022-2040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brizy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-2040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2040 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.