What is CVE-2022-2050?

CVE-2022-2050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Maxfoundry Wp-paginate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-2050?

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

Is CVE-2022-2050 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Maxfoundry Wp-paginate

CVE-2022-2050

The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not escape one of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Maxfoundry Wp-paginate
Unknown Wp-paginate — versions 2.1.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2050?: CVE-2022-2050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Maxfoundry Wp-paginate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-2050?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2050 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.