What is CVE-2022-2099?

CVE-2022-2099 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-2099?

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

Is CVE-2022-2099 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Woocommerce

CVE-2022-2099

The WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 6.6.0 is vulnerable to stored HTML injection due to lack of escaping and sanitizing in the payment gateway titles

Published 2022-07-17 · 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: 0.007 (49.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.3% 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: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Woocommerce
Woocommerce — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/0316e5f3-3302-40e3-8ff4-be3423a3be7b (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2099?: CVE-2022-2099 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-2099?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2099 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.